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The right aisle is home to a baptistery and three altars each with an altarpiece honoring a specific saint. At the end of the aisle is the altar dedicated to the Virgin of the
Immaculate Conception, preceded by a marble balaustrade. Above is a marble statue depicting this Marian veneration. In the
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The facade has two orders, the first of which featuring six stone columns, surmounted by a balustrade. The second order has a large central window, with, at the sides, four large statues of St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Agatha and St. Apollonia. Over the second floor is a central element housing the
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The interior follows a common basilica plan, with a nave and two aisles divided by two pilasters, and three apses. The central apse is rather elongated to house the
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The left aisle, in the apse area, houses the Holy
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that had destroyed most of the city. The church was elevated to a collegiate church by Pope
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