Vatican
(Via Veniero): a two bedroom apt., with sitting room, bathroom
accommodating up to 4 persons
Rome's Vatican is the smallest state in the world, while St. Peter's Basilica is the largest in the world.
St. Peter, Bernini's colonnade, the
Angelicum palace and the Vatican during a summer Papal
audience, held in the ample space embraced by the
colonnade.
The photo to the left shows an aerial view of St. Peter's taken from a hot air baloon (montgolfier). You can single out Bernini's colonnade, the facade of St. Peter's, Michaelangelo's dome, and the Vatican Palace where the Pope lives.
One of the fountains encircled by
the colonnade, seen from the centre (focus) of the
ellipses
Fountain: close-up
Fountain, with view of the window
of the Pope's apartment in the background.
St. Peter: interior view
The amazing canopy, made of massive bronze
Michelangelo's dome: interior view
St. Peter's, the apse by Bernini
The place where Charles Magne was
crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the year
800 AD
Cherubs... bigger than persons
The statue of St. Peter, whose feet
are worn by the kisses of the faithful
Michelangelo's Pieta'
The mesmerising representation of the Holy Spirit by Bernini, in the apse, behind the main altar
The engraved marks in the Basilica
showing the size of the other most important basilicas
in the world, and thus how smaller they are compared
to St. Peter's
Monsignors meeting under the colonnade
Priest in St. Peter's
Swiss guards on duty at the Bronze
door
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