Quoted: "The Swiss Guards give a touch of color to St. Peter's Square: in their Renaissance costumes, with puffed sleeves and knicker-bockers striped red, blue and yellow, they stand on either side of the basilica, guarding the gates into Vatican City. In 1548 the present uniforms were adopted. A long-standing tradition holds that they were designed by Michelangelo."
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the Lion_Monument link is from Wikipedia
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