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Who is buried at the Parthenon?

  • Annibale Carracci.
  • Taddeo Zuccaro. Less than a decade after Raphael's untimely demise, Taddeo Zuccaro was born near Urbino, the birthplace of the great artist. ...
  • Baldassare Peruzzi. Rome's Villa Farnesina. ...
  • Flaminio Vacca.
  • King Vittorio Emanuele II.
  • King Umberto 1 and Queen Margherita of Savoy.




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