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Monument of Pope Boniface VIII
Artist: Giotto (attributed)
Date: 1300 ca
• The fresco is Pope Boniface VIII proclaiming the first Holy Year in 1300
• The fresco was originally in the outside loggia of the Lateran Palace. When that was destroyed in 1586 the fresco was moved to the cloister. It was finally moved here around 1786
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