More than 300 feet above the sidewalk, an 11-foot gold cross and sphere glimmers atop the dome of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The dramatic aqua oxidized-copper dome rises over Logan Circle marking the mid-point along Benjamin Franklin Parkway between City Hall and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Modeled after the Lombard Church of Saint Charles in Rome, this religious landmark was completed in 1864 during Abraham Lincoln's presidency and is an excellent example of Roman-Corinthian architecture.

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