44 — Giovanni Michelucci — Late Style
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The Church in the Round Is a Bit Like a Hoover Dam
"It really is that steep the angle is like ray going up and it's right on top of you i mean it's obviously not as big as a hoover dam but it's big it feels enormous," says one witness. "There's always someone doing the cleaning but there's not very much life going on otherwise", adds another. The church in Florence can be reached by road from Rome, with an hour-long journey via train or motorway. It was built to house thousands of pilgrims during World War II.
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