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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  from 
  Arthur 
  Stanley 
  Riggs 
  

  

  the; 
  dome 
  of 
  st. 
  pftfr's 
  from 
  aventinf, 
  niLh 
  

  

  The 
  highest 
  and 
  most 
  picturesque 
  hill 
  in 
  Rome, 
  the 
  Aventine, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  heen 
  the 
  

   place 
  where 
  Peter 
  and 
  Paul 
  taught 
  the 
  Christian 
  faith. 
  In 
  early 
  times 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  hill 
  of 
  the 
  

   plebeians, 
  who 
  retired 
  to 
  its 
  heights 
  in 
  their 
  controversies 
  with 
  the 
  patricians. 
  

  

  