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It's the year 1600 and we're in Rome.
This is a pivotal year for the city.
In the past few decades, it has become a magnet for artists from across Europe, including the likes of Caravaggio and Rubens.
Their work, along with that of pioneering sculptors and architects like Gian Lorenzo Benigni, will usher in the Baroque period.
Much of their work has been sponsored by the Catholic Church.
On the west bank of the River Tiber, successive popes have been rebuilding the ruined Basilica of St.
Peter, designed and decorated by some of the greatest artists of the age, including Bernini and the legendary Michelangelo himself.