Vatican road sign - Basilica di San Pietro & Stato Città del Vaticano |
Piazza San Pietro |
St. Peter's Square |
Dad at St. Peter's |
Facade, St. Peter's |
View of St. Peter's Square from the Dome |
View of St. Peter's Square from the Dome |
Bernini's colonnade, St. Peter's Square |
Bernini's colonnade, St. Peter's Square |
Bernini's colonnade, St. Peter's Square |
Bernini's colonnade, St. Peter's Square |
Bernini's colonnade, St. Peter's Square |
Dozens of statues of saints line the colonnade |
St. Sebastian on the colonnade, St. Peter's Square |
Colonnade dedicated to Pope Alexander VII |
Statues of the colonnade with the Papal Palace |
St. Peter's Square with the colonnade and Papal Palace |
The Papal Palace, Vatican City |
Mosaic of the Virgin and Child with the Papal coat-of-arms of JP-II - Mater Ecclesiae |
Apostolic Palace (Papal Palace) Vatican City |
Papal coat-of-arms of Pope Pius IX (1846-78) |
St. Peter's Square with the ancient Egyptian obelisk |
Obelisk (13th C. BC) of St. Peter's Square |
The Obelisk was erected here in 1586 |
St. Peter's Basilica |
St. Peter's Basilica |
Not your typical tourist |
St. Peter's Basilica |
Pediment of St. Peter's Basilica dedicated to Pope Paul V (1605-1621) |
Clock on St. Peter's Basilica by Giuseppe Valadier (19th C) |
Statue of Christ on top of St. Peter's |
Dome of St. Peter's Basilica |
Dome of St. Peter's Basilica |
Façade of St. Peter's Basilica |
Statue of St. Peter, Piazza San Pietro |
Statue of St. Paul, Piazza San Pietro |
St. Peter's Basilica |
St. Peter's Basilica |
Swiss Guards at the Vatican |
Swiss Guard at the Vatican |
The uniform of the Swiss Guard by Michelangelo |
Swiss Guard at the Vatican |
Swiss Guard at the Vatican |
Swiss Guard at the Vatican |
Swiss Guard at the Vatican |
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Monumental entrance to the Scala Regia, Vatican City |
Mosaic of the Virgin and Child flanked by St. Peter and St. Paul |
Swiss Guards at the entrance to the Scala Regia leading to the Sistine Chapel |
St. Peter's Square |
St. Peter's Square from the steps of the Basilica |
Poste Vaticane |
Via di Porta Angelica along the walls of Vatican City |
Relief of an angel on the wall of Vatican City "Mandavit" |
New gate to Vatican City along Viale dei Bastioni di Michelangelo |
New gate dedicated to Pope Benedict XVI |
The sun at top of the Dome of St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican |
Sunset with the Vatican and the Tiber |
Sunset - St. Peters and the Tiber |
Silhouette of the dome of St. Peter's with an orange sky |