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Poster:
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Icarusfree
(see this users gallery)
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Views:
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1890
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Date:
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Thu Sep 2, 2004
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Filesize:
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348.5k, 179.5k
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Dimensions:
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600 x 900
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Description:
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Santa Maria in Aracoeli boasts Rome's best-loved Christmas ritual. Every Christmas Eve the Aracoeli 's 124-step ramp is lit up by candles and thronged by the Roman populace. Leather-sandalled bagpipers, in the tradition of mountaineer "pifferari" of days gone by, play Christmas music before the church door, and inside, chandeliers and tapers blaze in preparation for the ceremony.
At midnight, the Aracoeli's greatest treasure, a wooden statue is of the child Jesus (said to have been carved from an olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemene) is brought from his private chapel next to the sacristy to a ceremonial Baroque throne before the high altar, over the Vigil Mass. Upon intonation of the "Gloria," the veil is taken away and the statue is paraded to a Nativity Crib in the left side nave.
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Keywords:
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Roma, Italy, Cityscape, Landmark
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Photo URL:
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http://www.bytegallery.com/data/3185/4webRomaChiesaAracoeli02-med.jpg
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| File name: |
webRomaChiesaAracoeli02.jpg |
File size: |
183763 bytes |
| File date: |
2004:09:02 23:00:24 |
Camera make: |
Canon |
| Camera model: |
Canon EOS 10D |
Date/Time: |
2004:06:03 08:56:09 |
| Resolution: |
600 x 900 |
Flash used: |
No |
| CCD width: |
6.64mm |
Exposure time: |
0.0050 s (1/200) |
| ISO equiv.: |
100 |
Exposure bias: |
-2 |
| Metering Mode: |
matrix |
Jpeg process: |
Baseline |
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