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Considered to be one of the smallest countries in the world. Although situated in Rome, Italy, the Vatican City or State of the Vatican City, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome.

The Vatican City is home to the Basilica di San Pietro (St. Peter's Basilica), Sistine Chapel, Musei Vaticano (The Vatican Museum) and of course, home to the Pope who serves as the Head of State.

The Basilica houses the remains of St. Peter (one of the twelve Apostles) and some of the greatest paintings & sculptures including Michaelangelo's famous marble sculpture - The Pietà. The Basilica is also the last resting place of prominent people of the Catholic faith including mummified bodies of Popes including Pope John XXIII.

The Vatican Museum of course houses an extensive collection of Catholic relics, tapestries, artworks and sculptures which are thousands of years old. But worth waiting for to see is the Sistine Chapel.

The Sistine Chapel, of course, holds some Michaelangelo's greatest work - The Last Judgement and the chapel ceiling that depics stories from the Book of Genesis (i.e. Creation of Adam). Paintings by the most respected painters of the 15th century: Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli, and Luca Signorelli, can also be found on the walls of the Sistine Chapel.
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Vatican City Travel Blogs

I Found God
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Jan 09, 2009 – Jan 12, 2009
I woke up and had some breakfast and was determined not to be too downbeat from the previous night.  I was off to see Vatican City and the Sistine Chapel, something I've always planned on seeing, and that was making me very cheerful. My plan was for an early start as everything I'd read …
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This trip was featured on Wednesday January 28th, 2009
Vatican Museums 2 - and on to St. Peters Basilica
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Feb 27, 2009 – Mar 02, 2009
When we reached St.Peters I took a few pictures of the square and the basilica. All of those columns are pretty impressive!  It wasn't hard to figure out where to go - just look for a line, stand in it and you'll probably see something worthwile.  If I would have known the line was going …
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This trip was featured on Thursday March 5th, 2009
Oh Holy Vatican!
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Apr 19, 2007 – Apr 24, 2007
The Vatican City was beautiful and like many other sights in Rome, it was packed packed packed wih tourists! Only spent not more than half an hour there after we took some pictures. We were just so tired and out of energy. I definitely couldn't miss the Vatican before finishing my Roman trip!
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