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The other three sides are decorated with bas-reliefs featuring allegorical figures of Wisdom and
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holding a cross, as a triumphal column it may be the highest but the
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1165:Categories
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1093:Genio loci
841:Quarter 24
747:Zvyozdnaya
726:Quarter 11
594:Pedestrian
387:2015-04-02
340:References
264:Ivan Lepee
1118:Reproduct
1001:Memorials
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241:chainmail
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169:Virolahti
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