14Oct05 - Rome Day 2 - The Vatican

Backside details (1) Backside details (2) Bernini's fountain and St. Peter's (1) Bernini's fountain and St. Peter's (2) Chapel of St. Sebastian Colorful flower shop Columns and shadows Exterior columns of St. Peter's Square Figure atop St. Peter's From behind Bernini's altar in St. Peter's Basilica Front altar Front of St. Peter's Basilica Getting closer! Gold seal on floor - you can see the tombs below Gregory XIII Horse and Basilica In portico of St. Peter's Basilica Interior of St. Peter's Basilica (1) Interior of St. Peter's Basilica (2) Interior of St. Peter's Basilica (3) Interior of St. Peter's Basilica (4) Interior of St. Peter's Basilica (5) Interior of St. Peter's Basilica (6) LEOXII~1 Light shaft Light streams through the upper windows (1) Light streams through the upper windows (2) Looking up columns at St. Peter's Meat shop Obelisk and Piazza Pietra Obelisk in St. Peter's Square Painted ceiling inside a dome in St. Peter's Papal apartments Pieta Pius VIII PO - Geri and Paul at the Vatican PO - RK at the Vatican Pope John Paul II's tomb Pope John XXIII still lies in state Pope Pius XI's tomb RK and horses and Basilica RK in front of Vatican Sculpture detail at St. Peter's Sculpture on front of St. Peter's Sculpture outside St. Peter's St. Helena St. Peter's and obelisk St. Peter's and obelisk again St. Peter's Basilica St. Peter's ceiling detail (1) St. Peter's ceiling detail (2) St. Peter's square St. Peter's through the columns St. Peter (1) St. Peter (2) Summi Pontifices Sunlight across Altar of the Lie Swiss guards Top of Bernini's altar and ceiling detail Vatican columns