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Honoring the Unknown Dead

Monthly Photo Journal: bones and a mysterious church reopened in Rome

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Michelle Ciani
Oct 31, 2024
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Light-filled dome of the Chiesa di Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte, Rome, October 2024

warning: these photos contain  real bones and skulls, don’t scroll down  past the writing if you’d rather not see

I’m not leaving, not yet — maybe not ever — but I have lived up to a first promise I made to myself soon after moving here: not to leave Rome until I saw …

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