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 |
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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