eclipsed by the dynamic, lush beauty of the sculptures.





Gesù e Maria, memorial to Camillo del Corno by Domenico Guidi, 1682





San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande, memorial to Maria Camilla and Giovanni Battista Rospigliosi, skeleton by Michele Garofolino, 1713





San Pietro in Montorio: Detail of the relief carved on the tomb of Girolamo Raimondi by Niccolo Sale, chapel designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1640





San Pietro in Vincoli, memorial to Cardinal Cinzio Aldobrandini by Carlo Bizzaccheri, died 1610





San Pietro in Vincoli, memorial to Cardinal Mariano Pietro Vecchiarelli, died 1639





Sant’Eustachio, memorial to Silvio Cavallieri, 1717





Santa Maria del Popolo, tomb of Giovanni Battista Gisleni, made for himself prior to his death in 1672





Santa Maria del Popolo, tomb of Princess Maria Eleonora Boncompagni Ludovisi, died 1745





Detail of the façade of Santa Maria dell’Orazione eSenegal has recently become only the second country in the world to introduce a digital currency based on blockchain technology. Named eCFA, the digital currency will be legal tender just as the current currency, CFA Franc, is.

Senegal’s eCFA comes from a partnership by Banque Régionale de Marchés (BRM) and eCurrency Mint Limited, where BRM will issue the digital tender currency, the eCFA, in compliance with e-money regulations of the Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO), the Central Bank of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).

Interestingly, the only other country in the world with a national digital currency is also African – Tunisia. In late 2015, Tunisia became the first country in the world to offer its national currency to be transmitted through cryptocurrency