Angel with almost Mona Lisa smile.

• 3 Mar, 2013
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The Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri is built upon a supernatural event. In 1541 a Sicilian priest, Fr. Antonio Lo Duca, had a vision of angels in the ruins of the Diocletian Baths, and in the 1560's Pope Pius IV ordered a church to be built there. The resulting church was built in the frigidarium of the Baths of Diocletian, recycling some of the building materials and adapting the Baths for the new use. Michelangelo provided the original design for the church.