• The inscription recalls the work of Pope Innocent X (1644-1655) on the pilasters and pavement

 

• After St. Peter's building was finished in 1614, Innocent X organized the interior decorations so they would be complete for the 1650 Holy Year. There are 108 medallions. The dove with branch above and below each medallion is the heraldic charge of his family, the Pamphili

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