One of the most attractive that there is going to Rome, specifically the Vatican, a place that has a unique charm, but these days that exalts and embellishes even more by the religious tradition of the place.
In the Vatican, the Holy See, on the occasion of the celebration of Easter, we offer ceremonies, activities, tours and events pins, that will make your visit to Rome in these holidays, unique, wonderful and unique.
Vatican City is located within the city of Rome. Extended on a hill west of the river Tiber, is separated from the rest of the Italian capital by a wall. Inside is the Basilica of St. Peter, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City and the Vatican Gardens. This is the smallest sovereign state of the world, but nevertheless provide important infrastructures.
What is the Vatican?
Among these facilities include a railway station, a helipad, a publisher, a television channel, a Swiss Guard barracks for one hundred and even a prison. In addition to communications is not far behind, with a telephone network itself, and telegraph service.
Also called attention to its stamps issued by the state and only apply to cards that are destined for an address it. Vatican Radio broadcasts daily throughout the world in 34 different languages, and the newspaper L’Obsservatore Romano also belongs to the small church in the state who live less than 2000 people.
They can visit several museums called the Vatican Museums. They were born with a small private collection of sculptures belonging to Julius II in the courtyard called the Statue of Bellbedere today Patio Octagon. Along with the Pontifical Galleries, the Etruscan Museum which holds objects from excavations carried out in southern Etruria, the Egyptian Museum, the Christian Museum and the Capitoline Museums are part of the world’s most interesting country.
They can find collections such as The Gallery of the Tapestries. It is a collection of tapestries from different manufactures of the XVI and XVII. The gallery of maps, the Board of Sobieski and the Immaculate Conception, the Pinacoteca Vaticana or Missionary-Ethnological Museum are very interesting to find there. But if there is a place famous Vatican, this is undoubtedly the Sistine Chapel. The frescoes us there we enter the world of the contents of Revelation. Most of the paintings you’ll find there are Michelangelo, although there are also on the sides of the craft works of Pinturicchio, Perugino, Botticelli, Rosselli and Signorelli. Moreover, in other areas of the package we can find other rooms decorated by Raphael. Highly recommended for lovers of art, as one of the most representative of the artistic world.
Finally, the Plaza de San Pablo is the place where the faithful come on pilgrimage from all over the world to listen to the countless masses who offers the Holy Father in the place where their health status and busy schedule will allow. From there, there is an interesting overview of much of the country.
In short, Vatican is a place to enjoy art and culture, not just a place of pilgrimage for believers in the Catholic faith.
Paintings, sculptures and cultural exhibitions of all kinds await us in this small country that combines its greatness in less than half a square kilometer.
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