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As a Catholic, this was an especially interesting day. As a reader of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, the tour brought to life some of the locations in the book.

The Vatican & Christian Rome

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Enjoying St. Peter's Square

The frescoed ceilings and maps in the gallery

The entrance to the Vatican Museum (left) and in the gallery (below)

Michelangelo's Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica, completed when he was just 24 years old

Inside and outside of the Basilica of St. Paul

Michelangelo's Creation of Man and the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel

The main dome in St. Peter's

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