Before the entrance of one of the Vatican Palace, decorated with the papal coat of arms, installed a giant antique pine cones, which was in ancient times, in the baths of Agrippa. Popes often were passionate collectors of art. It is difficult to judge the meaning of this, perhaps, a symbol. One thing is certain: the papal tiara is shaped like pine cones!
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