St. Peter's Basilica (Basilica di San Pietro) Vatican City

Vaticanul, unul dintre cele mai sacre locuri crestine din lume, atesta o istorie lunga si impresionanta si un risc spiritual formidabil. Conform legendei, aceasta resedinta papala a fost construita peste mormantul Sfantului Petru. Pozitia Vaticanului, ca un stat suveran in cadrul altui stat a fost garantata prin Tratatul de la Lateran din 1929, …

Next, we visit the bustling Capital of Italy. During the reign of the Roman Empire, Rome was the hub of life for all things political, artistic, and religious. As we visit now, we see that it is still a center of life. In order to fully absorb the grand architecture and attractions of Rome, we spend two days here. Luckily, O'Reilly's nonni live …

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We drove around to see the Colosseum and Piazza Venezia. Continue on foot to check out the
Pantheon and Piazza Navona. Honour tradition at the Trevi Fountain and throw a coin in the fountain’s waters (it’s meant to improve your chances of returning to Rome!) or maybe hang out with your new friends at the Spanish Steps …

Sat, June 4, 2011

We both woke up at 4 am. We were both wide awake and starving. Never getting sleepy, we were at the hotel breakfast at 7 am and on the metro at 8 am. We arrived at St. Peters at 8:30 and were inside by 9 am. The line was really long, but only 1/3 as long as it would be by the time we walked out of the basilica. The only …

For our first day in Rome, we decided to tackle the Vatican area and the Borghese area. Our first stop Castel Sant Angelo. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrain for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. Next stop was St. Peter's Basilica. We entered the …

Today dawned...or rather, it became vaguely less dark outside. It was grey and a little rainy, so we had breakfast at the B&B while the owner and the other family staying here gushed over Nora and her extreme level of adorableness, and then we ventured outside. By this time, it was raining a bit harder, and we were glad we forgot to pack the …

To avoid the crowds of people at the weekend we decided that the best plan was to visit the Vatican and the churches on our first full day. We asked at the reception about getting to and from the city centre and it turned out the best bus to take was the number 86 as it stopped pretty much straight outside the hotel. Unfortunately once more we were …

Den velkého návratu začal brzkým vstáváním. Naspořený čas jsme ale zpronevěřili procházkou podél špinavé řeky. Alespoň, že jsem si našel kešku. Naštěstí bar, kam jsme dostali poukázky na snídani, byl už otevřený, takže jsme se rychle nasnídali. Je fakt, že Italové …

Being an international route, our journey to Rome consisted of many changes. On our first train we did not have reserved seats so we had to change several times. We took a train from Nice to the French-Italian border, then from there we went to Genoa and then onto Rome. We had a short lay over in Genova where we saw a huge monument for Christopher …

Para llegar al Vaticano nos tomamos el bus numero 64 y nos reunimos en la explanada de la Plaza de San Pedro. La basílica de San Pedro estaba, para variar ya, tapiada con andamios pero lo más curioso es que el Papa mismo pasó con un carrito sin vidrios saludando. Creo que pasó a unos 3 metros de donde yo estaba. Recuerdo que daba una muy frágil …

... up and up and up we went.. The view and the breeze at the top was great..   Afterwards, we went inside St Peter's Basilica itself to have a look around.. Saw another one of Michelangelo's work - the Pieta, a statue of Mary mourning of the ...

... last judgement which is painted on the wall. Amazing. Afterwards we climbed the 551 stairs to the top of St. Peter's Basilica before rewarding ourselves with a well earned dinner splurge including all the extras. Italy has been fantastic!!! Will ...

... that was too long and we would come back later (internet booking would have been good!) so we went to line up for St Peter's Basilica, another 1km line. We walked right to the end with Neill whinging about lines the whole time an got approached by a dogy ...

... had to be rather sneaky with so many guards all shouting "shush" and "no photos!" Queued again for St Peter's basilica before heading out of the Vatican city and back into Rome. Over the Tiber at the Ponte st Angelo, after snapping the castel and ...

... there was so much to see! After the Basilica, we went down to see the tombs of the popes, which are buried under St. Peter's Basilica.  That was basically the conclusion of our stop in Vatican City.  I can't say much more than, I urge everyone ...

... around their shoulders.  This is probably the only time man-pri's come in handy! Michelangelo created the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica and painted the inside (based on The Duomo in Florence, where he was from).   He also did the ...

... Pope speaking in person. He had a very calm and genteel manner about him while he was speaking. It was very cool. St. Peter's Basilica (Basilica di San Pietro) is really very beautiful and awe-inspiring. The photos in the album don't do it ...

St. Peter's Basilica sure is large. Goes for show how much money the Catolic Church stole, plundered, extorted and got in indulgency revenue... Woo, go biblical ...

... sponsored by the Vatican) were $5.  Basically...it pays to do your own research. We paid for the audio guide for St. Peter's Basilica, and headed into the building.  The audio tour was definitely worth the money, as I would have had very little ...

... of a second umbrella, because we needed both today.  We bought our tickets and rode the metro to St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican City. We breezed through security and into the Basilica, where it was not raining.  The Basilica is huge and ...