Italy-Day 4

Fourth day 2008.6.9 Vatican

Vatican-The Vatican

Located in the Centre of Rome, Italy "Vatican" State is the Centre of the world's Catholics, "Vatican City" (Vaticani) in Latin is the land of the prophets ".

The Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum, was listed as a world cultural heritage.

Vatican City from 1929 "Rutland Convention" in the beginning is an independent sovereign State, is Saint Peter was killed and buried.

The first Christian King Constantine in the 4th century here built a sitting magnificent Church, later destroyed, rebuilt spent almost 120 years (1506-1614), this era's greatest architects, including Bramante, Michelangelo and Maderno, cooperation in the new Church in the project. It is the world's largest church, totaling 22,000 square meters. St. Peter's Church no matter where they are providing the most impressive architectural space experience. Single photos and not allow visitors to great structure, splendid decoration and its cover art.

7: 55 to go out.

Take the subway to Cipro station. Was going to get to the Museum go to queueing, result in the wrong way, direct to St. Peter's Cathedral. The door had only several dozen queue, simply decided to take security to the Church.

After a security has three ranks:

1. direct access to the Church, no queuing, follow the crowd.

2. place the left is queued to PAPA's grave, relatively few points, process relatively quickly.

3. where the right is queued to the top.

The climb to the zoning elevators 7 Euro 300 stairs and no elevator 5 ' 500 stairs.

St. Peter's Basilica di San Pietro (St Peter's Basilica)

The entire Church is a great cultural buildings, churches, 11 superior big statue, a statue in the middle of the back of the cross is Jesus Christ.

4 century a.d., the Roman Emperor Constantine in the graveyard of St Peter of Jesus and his disciples on the construction of the Basilica of Constantine, the 7th century, Frank King gave the whole city of Rome, the Pope, the last war constantly to delineate this 0.44 square kilometres of land to the Pope, is the world's only city. The 15-16th century, the building master Michelangelo for the Pope to Constantine Basilica design into today's St. Peter's Cathedral (St. Peters).

St. Peter's Cathedral looks is rectangular, is in fact a cross shaped dome height of 38 m, is the highest point of the Roman city, buy tickets for the can on the highest point, overlooking the whole city of Rome, but more people are overlooking a beautiful garden of the Vatican.

The church door there is the Vatican's guards, you can take pictures with them, and then into the church interior visit is free of charge.

St. Peter's Cathedral which is the world's largest church, it is said that the internal capacity of 5 million people, the whole building showing the structure of a cross, styling is very traditional and sacred, momentum is also very grand.

In the middle with a pattern of floor have stopped at the bezel and the other end is Bernini sculptures of bronze canopy.

It consists of 4 spiral copper cylinder support, with a 5-storey building is so high. Canopy front semicircular railing always lit lamp ", 99, below is the Pontifical altar and Saint Peter's Tomb, only the Pope can at this altar, in the face of rising sun, in the presence of pilgrims held mass.

St. Peter's Church throughout his sculptures and paintings, in addition to the above mentioned Bernini sculptures of bronze canopy, there are three things is a must-see for: a 25-year-old was Michelangelo sculpture at the Pietà, which was his only signed writings, Virgin bosom dead son grief and tenor of obedience to God in his works depicting the sense.

The second is St. Peter's throne is Bernini design of a gilt bronze throne. Third, Arnolfo di Cambio's St. Peter's bronze statue.

Treasure of the Church in the South (sacristy), the collection has some rarities, church or a look, but to a separate charge.

From the church up to the top, then the person or not, soon bought the tickets.

With the top of the Notre Dame last year, this time don't think how tired. Have to admit that the top is overlooking Rome city sights of great locations, not only can you see Saint Peter square you can see the Vatican gardens.

After direct under the roof to the Church, the Church has been very busy.

Visit good Saint Peter Cathedral, you can go to export edge post office to buy some postcards sent home as a souvenir.

Sent to China is 0.8 euro stamps sent to France is 0.5 euro stamps, postcards, generally within 0.5 Europe.

Saint Peter square (Piazza San Pietro)

Saint Peter square like Saint Peter Cathedral, the Church of ante-and other building separated, but does not block the Church.

Around the square the sides of the semicircular leaning on Gallery like open arms, welcomes the Christians from around the world. The square was built in 1656, from Baroque masters Bernini design. Plaza Central High Obelisk was built in the first century b.c. and a.d. 37 years of Roman emperor Caligula card it shipped from Egypt to Rome the city, but it is only in the 16th century, was erected in the central square. Obelisk in the fountain and there is a white dot, standing on the point of view in front of the stone walkways, you'll find original portrait of 4 pillar into 1 root. This is Bernini on the clever use of perspective.

From St. Peter's square, along the wall to the other side of the Vatican City, Vatican museums.

10: 45, there surprising only row for half an hour away. Lucky!P > the Vatican Museum entrance can be rented Chinese explanation for 6 euros, need mortgage passport or driver's license and other documents. Tickets are 14 euro. On the device is useful, but because without headphones, old carrying is tired, reminds us that we carry standing a headset so important!

The Vatican museums and Vatican Museums

From Rome railway station, take the A line to St. Peter's Cathedral (Piazza San Pietro), you can see the walls of the Vatican's high.

The left end of the city walls is into St. Peter's Cathedral, right side is in the Vatican Museum (Musei Vaticani). English museums (Museum), the word comes from the Greek temple of the muses "Mouseion, since Greece's muse Temple is dedicated to the collection of Alexander the great loot.

The Vatican Museum is the oldest Museum in the world.

Here is a treasure, I personally think than St. Peter's Cathedral is more wonderful, because it covers the broad, is not only the works of art and religion. The Museum is too big, we actually also took half day visit to, or in a hurry. The most famous nature here is the Sistine Chapel. Here are famous, in addition to the election of the Pope, more because of the great Michelangelo's masterpieces: the end of the trial "and the" Genesis ".

The Vatican museums are also very interesting, because the know Sistine must-see, probably also fear that everyone ignores them another baby, simply on the ground and circle the one line, with each exhibition hall, hanging from the Sistine go this way.

In Sistine at entrance, but all are very honestly followed the same direction as traffic. The line of people who want to go through countless other exhibition halls, a long time to go to the Sistine. However, the best of everything to stay in the final.

Sistine Chapel, the Vatican's most sacred place, here is the Pope's public Chapel, is the election of the Pope's Chamber.

The frescoes in the Chapel to the old testament. the Bible as a theme, the positive is the "final judgment", right opposite the Christ biography ", is to the left of Moses" as the theme author's works. The ceiling of the Central is the old testament. Bible of "Genesis" pattern, as Michelangelo's top paintings, but unfortunately are not allowed within the Church. Goethe in 1780 visits to Rome after wrote, not to the Sistine Chapel, there is no way to know the person's ability. Now we know the Sistine Chapel frescoes and is not a person. But the Vatican through the maze of halls and the Gallery into the Chapel, and then sat down in pies with wooden benches, unknowingly like the prophet Jonah as the same look of millions of people, the overhead of the spectacular scenes remains unabated.

In addition to the Sistine Chapel, the octagonal courtyard and Rafael Studio are not to be missed.

Although many before you have read on the works of Michelangelo and Raphael, however in the time still felt since Europe's historical and cultural religious knowledge is scarce, seriously affect the appreciation of the work. Back to the future must take extra lessons.

(Note: back in when you bought a book on the Michelangelo and the Pope's ceiling.

At that time the process of making art, Michelangelo and the historical background has a detailed description, there are also there to paint of Raphael. Read and reference books on large plates, which knew every detail is there so much attention. ）

Vatican Museum at the exit you can see the famous rotating staircase, we should also not on the island of the stairs shot a few photos.

Another Museum there is a small post office, you can buy here to Vatican stamps, you can buy postcards and return home, the Vatican State of postmark.

Three and a half from the Museum, I am too tired to sit directly on to the ground.

Mainly in the Museum did not take place, only he kept going forward. Plus has been lifted head at work, especially in the Sistine ceiling, even seen are a pain in the neck.

Should have gone St. Angel Castle, but there is not open on Monday, the decision back to the hotel to rest.

Y the difference hasn't fallen over, go back to sleep, and so dark and then go to the wishing pool at night.

Today the European Cup matches, Italy on the Netherlands.

Almost all of the bars along with big TV, guest and pedestrians are beside the road constantly hear the "screaming little call." Profound experience of the European people's passion for football, European Championship is all life.

Dark almost fast nine, wishing the reeds or very busy at night, also General.

Then in the adjacent small street dinner eating to Bernini MTR station, 10: 45 actually Metro closed. It took 7.3 Termini central railway station take a taxi back to.

Episode, during the dinner also witnessed the Roman version of the Bureau and hawker.

Results to hawker abandoned goods on the run, a large number of urban Harvest holiday package and went home and famous brands.