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    Madonna di Monte Tranquillo Positano (Campania): Located in the church of Santa Maria Assunta, the story of how it got there—sailors shouting "Posa, posa!"...
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    mascaron of the Église de la Trinité d'Angers, Angers, France, c.1150-1175, unknown architect or sculptor Romanesque mascaron of the Église de la Trinité...
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    Paccard 2011 Lens: Eglise Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens – 24 bells, heaviest unlisted, Rüetschi at various dates between 1958 and 1995 Pully: Église de Rosiaz – 48...
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