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Italy lays flowers at Raphael's tomb in Pantheon

Italy lays flowers at Raphael's tomb in Pantheon

06 Apr, 2020

Raphael remembered with child's Andrà tutto bene rainbow drawing in Pantheon.

Italy's culture ministry has laid flowers at the tomb of Raphael, on the 500th anniversary of the death of the High Renaissance artist, in the Pantheon.

Among the bunch of wildflowers is a child's drawing of a rainbow, with the message "Andrà tutto bene."

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