Thursday, October 18, 2007

Vatican City

VATICAN CITY


Piazza di San Pietro


St. Peter's Basilica


Piazza di San Pietro as viewed from the Basilica


Birds eye view of the piazza


Lookin' good, fellas


Just inside the entryway of St. Peter's Basilica


Main altar


Roof over the main altar


One more interior shot


Dome


Another dome


Vatican Museum


Vatican grounds


Sculpture of Roman soldiers


Egyptian mummy


Statue of Hermanubis, a combination of Hermes (Greek mythology) and Anubis (Egyptian mythology)


Babies fighting a crocodile


Severed heads are always cool


Water basin


Bill Clinton?


They were mean bastards back in the day...


The assassination of Julius Caesar


Hall of Maps


I guess they needed 8 ft. tall maps back then


Battle scene


The School of Athens, featuring Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, and Pythagoras


Wildlife paintings


Exit stairway


Some random hall that was roped off to the public


Sistine Chapel with The Last Judgment painting behind the altar


Sistine Chapel ceiling

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