Bernini
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The Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina is one of Rome's oldest churches and features artwork by Baroque masters Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Guido Reni.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
Outside, under the warm April sunshine, groups of joyous African pilgrims in flashy head wraps ate gelato by the Bernini fountain, seagulls circling overhead.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
Upstairs, near the relics of the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian, is the last work of 17th-century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini – a wild-haired bust of Jesus in milk-white marble.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 15, 2023
Whenever Bernini paid with his Visa debit card issued in Uruguay, he quickly realized the conversions were being done at the usual official rate.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
Incidentally, from your description, the Bernini you refer to is the one in the Piazza Barberini, not the Piazza Navona.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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