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A haunting, highly detailed painting depicts a desolate landscape under a giant, ominous orange sun in a hazy sky. In the foreground, a field of countless irregular, conical mounds of dark earth or rock stretches towards a massive, classical-style building in the distance, resembling St. Peter's Basilica. A solitary figure in dark robes walks along a path that carves through the mounds, leading directly towards the brightly lit entrance of the building. The architecture is grand, with columns, a large dome, and statues adorning the facade, but it is enveloped in a dark, atmospheric mist that obscures side details. The overall color palette is dark and somber, with a dominant interplay of deep blues, grays, and the warm, intense orange of the sun, casting a long, eerie glow directly onto the path and the figure. The scene evokes a sense of somber pilgrimage or a journey into the unknown.