If you want to add some more interesting visuals to a web page, consider using one of the many creative layouts available in Google sites. You can apply new layouts to existing web pages as well.
Click the "Layout" option in the Google sites menu bar. From here you will see small pictures and basic descriptions of the layouts available.
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This page has been created with the "Right sidebar" design, which allowed the pretty picture to be posted on the right, without interfering with the content in the center of this page.