The Procession from the Church of San Giovanni Laterano to St. Peter's, 1850. 'The harsh manner in which the Pontifical dragoons performed their duty in clearing the road for the approaching train, riding among the spectators and chasing them off with an official Holiness the splendid state coach, a construction richly overloaded with gold and paintings, and in which he always appears on occasions of ceremony. Thence his Holiness pursued his way to the Vatican, being preceded by bodies of French and Roman troops placed alternately, and a company of the Guard of No
The Procession from the Church of San Giovanni Laterano to St. Peter's, 1850. 'The harsh manner in which the Pontifical dragoons performed their duty in clearing the road for the approaching train, riding among the spectators and chasing them off with an official Holiness the splendid state coach, a construction richly overloaded with gold and paintings, and in which he always appears on occasions of ceremony. Thence his Holiness pursued his way to the Vatican, being preceded by bodies of French and Roman troops placed alternately, and a company of the Guard of Nobles; and followed by the French staff, his Guard of Nobles, a detachment of French dragoons, seven Cardinals, the Municipal Commission representing the Roman Senate, and the corps diplomatique'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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