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  • Elvin BrookingTravelerEuropean Holiday
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    • Day 9
    • Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 5:15 PM
    • ☁️ 23 °C
    • Altitude: 73 m
    • ItalyAurelio41°53’17” N  12°24’8” E
    Entering the Vatican City, the smallest recognised Country in the World
    Pope's residence, though Pope Francis declined to reside there, lives in a very modest apartment2nd most powerful person ordered those nude in painting have genitals covered overMicelangelo so furious his painting is altered so he painted the face of that person as the DevilThis statue of a pine cone was to represent new growth/fertilityThankfully not too crowdedAmazing monumentsThis group depicts a famous scene from the mythical Trojan WarThe bronze statue in the background is only one of very few ever recoveredEgyptian monuments recoveredEarly Egyptian example of a chariot Egyptians founded chariots pulled by horsesSphere within a sphereInside the Vatican Museum

    Vatican City

    May 9, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Visit to Vatican City, Sistine Chapel & St Peter's Basilica

    Tania Davis

    TravelerMind blowing eh!

    5/12/24Reply
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