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an ornate ceiling with many paintings on it

archways, windows and ceilings from the Vatican 🇻🇦 highly recommend getting skip the line queue here - it gets very busy in the summer ! the architecture here was beautiful, although in my opinion, the ceilings of St Peter’s Basilica are more beautiful than that of the Sistine Chapel 🔔 what are your thoughts on the Sistine Chapel ceiling? 💭 . . . . . #rome #visititaly #roma #vaticancity #vaticancitytips #romerecommendations #europedestinations #eurosummer #europetravel #romeitaly…

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an aerial view of the dome of st peter's cathedral in rome, italy

Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It's home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. Its Vatican Museums house ancient Roman sculptures such as the famed “Laocoön and His Sons” as well as Renaissance frescoes in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling.

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an angel statue on top of a building with the city in the background and clouds overhead

The word we associate with the Church is closely linked to the Etruscan goddess Vatika. As you are about to discover, the name "Vatican" predates Christianity

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