Vaticano

Original place where the Apostel Petrus was buried near the location of a Roman circus created by emperor Nero, the old St. Peter's Basilica was erected by emperor Konstantin I in 318. The Pope Nicholas V decided to move the Holy See from the Lateran palace to the Vatican hills and established the first papal residence. He also created the Papal library and planned for the creation of further buildings. Key buidings are the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms, the Borgia Apartments, the Clementine Hall and the famous Vatican Museum. Vatican city is a souverain state, also important churches belonging to the Bishop of Rome are extraterritorial parts of the Vatican.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Vatican museum could be visited without reservation and queueing lines.

St Peter's Place

St Peter's Basilica

Altar St Peter's

Cuppola St Peter's

I visited the Musei Vaticani and was fascinated by all the art and culture.

Cortile della Pigna	Panorama Musei Vaticani

The Roman original pigna in bronze	stairway in the Musei Vaticani

Laocoon and his sons	Roman statues

animal statues	St Michael at Gargano hill

Roman god	Fertility goddess with Amor

Pantheon hall	Vatican Gallery of Maps

Italia Antiqua	Italia Nova

Battle of the Milvian bridge	Meeting of Pope Leo the Great and Attila

School of Athens	Disputation of the Holy Sacrament

Medieval Altar	Maria by Fra Filippo Lippi

Links

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Musei Vaticani

Osservatore Romano

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