From their lofty position, more than a dozen figures from Ancient Greece appear in deep discussion and contemplation about equally lofty matters.
A perhaps unlikely Lancashire representation of the “School of Athens” mural that is painted in The Vatican, the statue family is visible enough from the ground - but it is only when you get within touching distance that you can appreciate the granular detail of their facial features.
That is a privilege afforded only to those experts who clean the sculptures every few decades - a process most recently completed as part of the ongoing facelift that is being given to the building.
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Lancashire Post photographer Dan Martino scaled the heights of the scaffolding to see the handiwork of the renovators - and the sculptors whose creations they have brought back to their best.
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The statue display cost £2,700 in the mid-1880s - the equivalent of almost £300,000 in today's money Photo: Daniel Martino
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It took two years for sculptor Edwin Roscoe Mullins to deliver all of the statues Photo: Daniel Martino
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The inscription, "The dead but sceptred Sovrans, who still rule Our spirits from their urns" was adapted by the poet Byron from Pericles' funeral oration Photo: Daniel Martino
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Pericles - a ruler of Athens in the fifth century BC - takes centre stage in the statue display Photo: Daniel Martino