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Vatican City: St. Peter’s Basilica

Vatican City: St. Peter’s Basilica

We traveled with Tauck on their Sicily, the Amalfi Coast and Rome Southbound tour in June of 2018. Since we opted for the southbound tour, we flew into Rome and arrived a day early. High on our list was seeing St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel.  These are all part of the Vatican City, a city state established in 1929 with an agreement between the Holy See and the government of Italy called the Lateran Pacts. …

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St. Peter’s Basilica

St. Peter’s Basilica

We visited St. Peter’s Basilica on a beautiful day.  The Basilica is the largest church in the world and thought to be the burial site of St. Peter.  The Basilica replaces an earlier church and was completed in 1626.  Across the top of the Basilica are statues of Christ (in the center), St. John the Baptist, the eleven disciples and St. Mathias who replaced Judas. There is also a close-up picture of three of the figures.  They are John the…

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