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1. In which church would you find Michaelangelo's statue of Moses, whom he depicted with horns. The statue bears a notable resemblance to Charlton Heston, and it was after seeing it that Cecil B. DeMille cast Heston as Moses in "The Ten Commandments."
2. This small church, near Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major), has a 9th century mosaic depicting a female bishop, and the pillar Jesus was tied to while receiving the 39 lashes.
3. This church is really three. The ground level dates from the 12th century, but below it is the remains of a 4th century church, and a full level below that is a Temple of Mithras, dating back to Classical times.
4. This church contains the Pope's seat as the Bishop of Rome.
5. This imposing Jesuit church has some spectacular visual effects on its ceiling, painted by Pozzo, including what appears to be a dome's interior, but is really a flat, circular, perspective painting.
6. This church was built on (or very close to) the sites of former "circuses" or stadiums erected by Nero and Caligula.
7. This beautiful little church, designed by Bernini, is oblong in shape, and has, above the altar, a painting of its namesake saint, in which he appears to be looking at a statue of himself ascending to the top of the church.
8. This circular church is decorated with frescoes depicting the grisly deaths of numerous martyrs.
9. This church is believed to be located on the site of a brothel, and stands on one side of the beautiful Piazza Navona.
10. This is the Rome's only church built in French Gothic style, but decorated in full-out Italian colour, and has, in front of it, a marble statue of an elephant with an obelisk on its back.
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