Rome - Tuesday 7th April: Vatican

Vatican Museum
After winding our way along the very slow queue, we shuffled through the museum, which has a vast collection of art, sculpture, painted ceilings, tapestries, etc. and collections from Egypt, Rome, modern artists... and of course the Sistine Chapel.





http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museum
http://touritaly.org/tours/vaticanmuseum/Vatican01.htm
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Main.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel
http://www.wga.hu/tours/sistina/
http://www.beckydaroff.com/arthistory/scc/index.html

Piazza San Pietro









http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Square
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Piazza_of_St._Peters.html

Basilica of Saint Peter





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica
http://www.saintpetersbasilica.org/
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-st-peters-basilica.htm
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/St_Peters_of_Rome.html
http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/sanpietro.htm
http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/pietro.htm

We got the Metro to the Vatican, but walked back past Castel Sant Angelo and across the Tiber.

Dinner that night was at Pizza Ciro - a very tasty calzone.