The Vatican Museum and Saint Peter's Basilica

The Vatican Museum houses much of the great sculpture and classic artwork in the world, including the incredible Sistine Chapel of Michelangelo. The museum was well worth the visit, but didn't give us many good photographs as we were not allowed to use flash in order to protect the artwork.

St. Peter's, on the other hand, was too large to fit in the lens. What was most interesting was that this was the only way you could realize the size. The relative size and perspectives used on the sculptures and other details made it feel much smaller.

While we couldn't take pictures, others have collected images of the Vatican Museum and the glory that is the Sistine Chapel. Take a look at their pages for more on these incredible collections.

 

The Vatican from the top of St. Peter's 

 The statue of Laocoon is an ancient Greek/Roman sculpture that showed how to put emotion into art

 St. Peter's from the Vatican and as Michalangelo intended it been seen

The front view of St. Peters. Notice the small statues on top? 

 The 'simple and spare' interior of St. Peter's

 One of the many glorious statues

 Looking up into the dome from the floor

 The main dome as seen from the roof

 Walking between the walls of the dome

 That 'small statue' from the ground is not so small when you get up close!

 St. Peter's Square from the cupola

 Rome from the top of St. Peter's

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