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18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
T. Schmalz's "Angels Unawares"

This is a new, magnificent bronze sculpture located in St. Peter's Square in The Vatican. Titled "Angels Unawares," this is the first new sculpture installed in 400 years there. It depicts a group of diverse migrants and refugees on a boat, and includes angels wings, which suggests that a migrant is secretly an angel in our midst.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: The Vatican, Italy
Camera: NIKON Z 6
Copyright: © Patricia Bray