Margaret Moore - Rome, Part Two

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The next stop on our next day in Rome was St. Peter's and the Vatican Museum.
This is St. Peter's looking across the Tiber.

First we went to the Vatican Museum.

Most people have heard of the Sistine Chapel and Michaelangelo's work there.
What came as news to me was that every ceiling in the Vatican is amazing.
It was as if each Pope tried to outdo the other when it came to ceilings.
See what I mean?

Then it was outside to St. Peter's.
This gives you some idea of the immensity of the Vatican and St. Peter's.

Inside St. Peter's.
See that canopy? It's made of bronze, taken from the freize of the Pantheon and melted down.
I gather the Romans weren't too happy about that.
I don't blame them.

This is the chimney that emits the smoke announcing the results of papal elections.
Everything in the Vatican and St. Peter's is ornate.

The dome of St. Peter's.
The papal apartments.
This obelisk used to be in the Circus Maximus.

We also took a little movie there. Next up, the Forum!

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Then it was outside to St. Peter's. This gives you some idea of the immensity of the Vatican and St. Peter's.
Inside St. Peter's. See that canopy? It's made of bronze, taken from the freize of the Pantheon and melted down. I gather the Romans weren't too happy about that. I don't blame them.	This is the chimney that emits the smoke announcing the results of papal elections.	Everything in the Vatican and St. Peter's is ornate.
The dome of St. Peter's.	The papal apartments.	This obelisk used to be in the Circus Maximus.