Last Thursday, I had a wonderful opportunity to hang out with just my 2 boys. Shannon wanted to go to the Vatican Museums (which I had already seen, pics here...) and I went along for the ride with Case and Clayton (Grandma was watching Gwen)...
First, we went to St. Peter's Square and Basilica, and regardless of what one might think of the Catholic Church, it was absolutely amazing. The Basilica...
You step inside the door and two things happen...you breath a sigh of relief to get out of the heat and your breath is taken away by the shear enormity of the Nave...
Just to the right inside the door is Michealangelo's Pieta...a peita is a sculpture of Mary holding the body of Christ after the cruxifition...
This is the main alter that is over St. Peter's Tomb...
Here is the dome...the picture was uploaded the wrong way...tilt your head to the left to get an idea of the dome. The dome was Michealangelos last work and is the biggest anywhere. In fact, Rome has no modern skyline, due to the fact that no building can be built that is taller than St. Peter's....
Dove window (stained glass window with dove in center...I couldn't get a pic that showed the dove:( ) and St. Peter's throne...
St. Peter's Square...apparently the Pope was having some kind of something on Sunday, so there were hundreds of chairs and most of the square was blocked off...
Then we had a bite to eat and Shannon was off to the museums...and I was alone in the streets of Rome with the two boys...the adventure continues...
Ciao a tutti!
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