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Dome ceiling at top of Vatican Museum stairwell
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Stairwell in Vatican Museum--this is impressive, no matter which way you are going.
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Old estruscan oil lamp display in Vatican Museum
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Tapestry hanging in a Vatican museum hallway. HUGE! 15' x 15', at least.
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Statue in recess of outside Vatican wall
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Vatican facade
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Vatican courtyard. I don't know what the ball signifies, but it was neat!
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Ceiling in one of the Vatican museum hallways--did you know there are around 20 museums in the Vatican? Yep. We saw many ceilings like this. All painted and accented in 22K gold!
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Vatican Museum facade
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The Pieta by Michelangelo--a truly amazing sculpture and the only one that he signed.
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St Peter's Basilica and rooftop. There are 144 life-sized statues around the rooftop. What an amazing architectural feat this building is!
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St Peter's Square.
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Large statue of St Paul in the courtyard of St. Peter's Square
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Staturary atop St. Peter's.
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Inside St. Peter's Basilica
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Tradition has it that these were the chains the bound Peter in Rome.
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Michelangelo's Moses statue at St. Peter in Chains Church. 7 ft tall sitting down! This statue was one of the subjects of my honors thesis in college and I couldn't wait to see it in person. Worth the wait!
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Gladiators on their way to re-enact old times.
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