Vatican Adventure: St. Peters

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Vatican Adventure St. Peters

• After seeing the Sistine Chapel, we left the
  museum and entered St. Peters.

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Credits

• Most pictures by Joe Naumann
• Some pictures by Lea Barlow from her gift CD
  (thanks Lea)
• Maps and animations from the internet

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Basilica of Saint Peter
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Side of St. Peters seen when leaving the Sistine
Chapel
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Main door to St. Peters
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Michelangelos Pieta
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A closer look it the masterpiece
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Awesome, Fabulous, Breathtaking
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Pope John XXIII draws a big crowd
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Many stop to pray
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St. Peters Artwork

• Most of the artwork in the basilica tend to
  relate to the Popes
• It is easy to lose sight of the supposed
  spiritual religious nature of the structure.

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Pope Pius XII statue
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Pope Innocent XI
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St. Peters a monument to great artists and to
the papacy
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Papal altar seen from a distance
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Main altar in St. Peters canopy by Bernini
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Sanctuary and altar (by Bernini) behind the papal
altar
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Way to the crypt
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Alleged to be tomb of St. Peter
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Pope Benedict
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Pope Paul VI one of the least pretentious
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Pope Pius XI
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John Paul I dreams of what might have been . .
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View of the square upon exiting from St. Peters
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The Swiss Guard in 16th century dress by
Michelangelo