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Piazza del Quirinale
9629
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05-MAR-2009

Patron of Horsemanship
Piazza del Quirinale
9629

Rione Monti, Roma

The statues of Castor and Pollux with their horses once stood
at the entrance of the Baths of Constantine and were placed here
by Pope Sixtus V in 1588 giving the piazza its popular name,
Monte Cavallo (Horse Hill).

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