VATICAN CITY, ROME, ITALY
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Pure Ivory Altar inside the Vatican Museum. The Vatican Museum houses some of the most precious paintings and art works by the greatest Renaissance artists. Seeing the Pinacoteca. |
Statue of St. Peter. The apostle St. Peter holding keys, his attribute, symbolizing papal authority. Inside St. Peter's Basilica, a tomb is seen under the Altar said to contain the mortal remains of the Apostle Peter. |
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Picture personally taken inside St. Peter's Basilica dated August 2006. The Incorrupted body of Blessed Pope John XXIII. |
Picture taken August 2006... beside the incorrupted body of Blessed Pope John XXIII who died June 3, 1963. |
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Before going to The Sistine Chapel... we saw one of the rare, acient Host Baking Equipments used during the 8th Century A.D. to include some of the precious and the finest amassment of art works and sculptures of the world. |
The Vatican Museum houses precious collections of sculptures, art works, paintings, and masterpieces. |
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Taken on top of St. Peter's Basilica. Curving double colonnade, an obelisk, and two fountains are visible shot from the dome. Each of the colonnades has... |
One of the Paintings taken inside The Dome (The Cupola) of St. Peter - Michelangelo's design of 1547. |
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Coming from Via della Conciliazione, on the way to the world's greatest basilica - St. Peter |
Taken on top of St. Peter's Basilica are the 13 colossal statues of Jesus Christ, John The Baptist, and The Apostles (except for St. Peter's which is inside the Basilica.) |
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Taken at St. Peter's Square, behind is an Obelisk, dating from the 1st century B.C., was carried off from Egypt by Caligula who wanted to use it as a marker in his circus. In 1586, Pope Sixtus V commissioned Domenico Fontana to move... |
Depicting one of the most famous paintings on the ceiling, inside the Vatican Museum. |
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Piazza San Pietro, Catholics from every corner of the globe flock to the Vatican City, the smallest State in the world. Vatican City is... |
Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, the priest with the
stigmata, one of the greatest saints of all times! |
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Padre Pio's Incorrupt Body! To see him resting so peacefully it's hard to believe that he died 40 years ago! In 1997 Pope John Paul II declared him... |
St. Padre Pio - Undecayed Body. Padre Pio, a humble Capuchin priest from San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, was blessed by God in many... |
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Inside the Vatican Museum where collections of precious masterpieces are viewed inside the 15 Exhibition Halls. |