08 August,2016 01:55 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
People enjoyed with snowfall soap foam as they participated during the historical re-enactment The miracle of summer snow in front of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in central Rome last week
People enjoyed with snowfall soap foam as they participated during the historical re-enactment " The miracle of summer snow " in front of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in central Rome last week
People enjoyed with snowfall soap foam as they participated during the historical re-enactment " The miracle of summer snow " in front of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in central Rome last week.
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A curious legend is linked to the magnificent Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
In 358 A.D. Madonna appeared in a dream to Pope Liberius asking him to build a church dedicated to her.
The same morning a snowfall whitened the very place where now stands the Basilica: it was on August 5.
Many revellers were photographed clicking selfies and enjoying the 'snow'.
