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February 2001 - The Vatican (again)

The Vatican Museum and a climb up St. Peter's Dome

View of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, Pope's apartments, St. Peter's Square, and the front of St. Peter's from St. Peter's Dome. Straight out of the Square runs Via Reconciliation. On the left near the end of the Via is the Castel with the Bridge of Angels in front of it.
Vatican Museum Courtyard in Vatican Museum Cuniform tablet
Mark, Duncan, Monica, and Maggie Tote Egyptian things
Camel head. Grandma's favorite mosaic. Pope Pius XI. He and Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty that allowed the existence of the independent Vatican City state. The papacy, in turn, recognized the kingdom of Italy. Concurrently, a concordat established the validity of church marriage in Italy, provided compulsory religious instruction for Catholic schoolchildren, and declared Roman Catholicism to be Italy's exclusive religion. Stairway listing the names of the Popes, their dates of rule, and their coats of arms.
Mark looking at the names of the Popes, trying to remember who was naughty and nice The Vatican Museum from St. Peter's Dome The elliptical St. Peter's "Square" Crew on the Dome
Big saints on the front of St. Peter's The dome from the roof The shoppers come back with a package! Good things in the package