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The Scala Sancta during their recent restoration.

Rome's 'Holy Stairs' uncovered for the first time in 300 years

Apr 11, 2019

By Hannah Brockhaus

The bare, white marble of Rome’s ‘Scala Sancta,’ which are believed to be the stairs trod by Christ on the... Read more

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