A flight of wide stairs flanked by monumental statues brought the seaman into a room vast as a city square.

The sarcophagus is flanked on each corner by statues in high-relief of the Four Doctors of the Church.

The main entrance is flanked by statues and is particularly striking when bathed in afternoon sunlight.

Here the buildings showed a sharp rise in quality, huge houses fronted by expertly worked marble, flanked by beautiful statues.

The entrance is flanked by statues of two white lions with bared teeth.

A grand staircase on the south side of the house, leads through a terraced, landscaped garden, and is flanked by statues of guard dogs.

Above this is an arched light flanked by statues in niches.

These were flanked by monumental statues of lions.

The passage is flanked by statues by famous sculptor Lola Mora.

The "gallery of the kings" above shows the baptism of Clovis in the centre flanked by statues of his successors.