The Vatican City is fulfilled with wonderful churches, museums, galleries and impressive venues, which all worth your interest and attention. The most impressive is The Palm Week, when are held the most imposing and spiritual masses. One of the most fabulous attractions in Vatican is The Saint Peter’s Basilica, placed at the Saint Peter’s Sqaure. During the Holy Week, there are organized impressive services and masses. The Saint Peter’s Basilica architecture is overwhelming with its ancient decor and sculptures covering the exterior walls of the exterior walls of the constructions. The interior design of the church is fabulous. The notable paintings and impressive sculptures are really impressive presenting the major religious and historical events of the ancient times. The Church’s Dome is providing amazing views to the entire Vatican’s surroundings. The obelisk and eight-spiked sun wheel forming the shape of the square. The sun dome in St. Peter’s basilica featuring sun worship symbols. Virtually all symbols of sun worship exist in present-day Roman Catholic cathedrals.
Catholic cathedrals are often built on the ancient sites where pagan deities were worshiped. St. Peter’s in Rome has one of the greatest collection of pagan symbols in the world. The construction of Catholic cathedrals also mimics the ancient pagan structures by including features such as the sun dome, triangles, and crosses. The circular pillared structure at the top is called “the seat of the goddess.” All the great cathedrals are built just as in the druidic system, a channel of pillar stones leading to a central circle, the ancient pagan sexual symbol.
Symbols of the Zodiac are found on the floor of the Vatican. This originates from the culture of the Chaldeans. The Saint Peter’s Square, the place where The St. Peter’s Basilica is located, represents a really impressive architectural style. The Square is decorated with huge colonnades, which are designed with a variety of statues of saints’ figures. The center of the Square is hosting an Egyptian Obelisk, surrounded by beautiful fountains. If you are interested in listening a Pope’s mass, you can also visit The Saint John Lateran Church, where is held The Lord’s Supper Mass. The Saint John Lateran Church is considered one of the most magnificent churches in Rome, after The St. Peter’s Basilica. There also can be discovered „The Scala Santa”, which means „The Saint Scairs” and is considered a religious symbol brought from Jerusalem.
Another, no less important venue in Vatican City State is The Colosseum. You can enjoy the fabulous Station of the Cross, which takes place on the Good Friday. The Colosseum is considered a really important religious venue for Christians, where are held beautiful and impresive services and rituals. Vatican City State is also known as The Holly See, which is the home of the Catholic religion and of The Pope. Due to the fact, that Vatican is geographicaly surrounded by Rome, it is a major tourist attraction, especially during the holidays. The Vatican Museum is the most spectacular cultural location in Vatican City State, where are exhibited the most impressive and valuable art masterpieces. In the Museums we see a huge collection of Syrian, Greek, Egyptian and Roman art. There are priceless art treasures here. The Museum ensemble 1400 chambers, hosting the Musem’s rooms, art galleries, The Sistine Chapel. The pearl of The Vatican Museum is considered The Sistine Chapel, which dates the 14th century. The Chapel has taken its name from Pope Sixtus IV. He initiated the restoration of the old Capella Magna (1477-1480). Today it is the Pope’s official private chapel in the Vatican and the place where cardinals from all over the world gather to elect new popes. The amazing frescoes of the Chapel were painted by the reputable painters Michelangelo, Perugino, Botticelli. This makes The Sistine Chapel one of the most spectacular preserved art locations in the world.
The Vatican Art Gallery, known as The Pinacoteca, homes incredible collections of spectacular paintings and sculptures of the most reputable artists. It is the most appreciated gallery placed at The Vatican Museum, The Pinacoteca Vaticana hosts wonderful Renaissance art pieces of famous artists and painters, as Raphael. The Raphael Rooms represents an apartment of 4 chambers, where are preserved the most valuable works of the artist. There were two rooms full of fabulous aminal statues. The helicoidal staircase leading to the Vatican Museums was designed by Guiseppe Momo and built in 1932. The Hall of Maps is providing an enormous collection of ancient maps, which present the evolution of the papal lands and also of the Vatican’s evolution as a state. The Gallery contains topographical maps of the whole of Italy, painted on the walls. It is 120 m long. The decorations on the vaulted ceiling is the work of a group of Mannerist artists.
Next to the Vatican Museums is a large courtyard called the Courtyard of the Pine because of the enormous bronze pine cone situated in it. It isn’t a statue. The Pine-Cone CourtyardIt was built in 1816. Apparently it dates from around the 1st century BC and was likely to have been used as a fountain in the baths of Agrippa which stood just behind the Pantheon. It was moved in the early Middle Ages and placed in front of the original Basilica of St. Peter built by the Emperor Constantine where it was used as a fountain.The bronze pine cone is one of only a handful of spolia preserved from the original St. Peter’s. In the middle of the courtyard there is a huge (4m in diameter) model of the globe: people say it is the Earth torn by doubts. The bronze sculpture of the Globe in the middle of the courtyard can rotate. The Pine-Cone Courtyard. The bronze sculpture was created by an Italian Arnaldo Pomodoro (1990). It is called Sphere Within Sphere. The people looking at the Earth suffering from their cruel attitude should be plunged deep in thought about it.There are also other museums and art galleries, which you have to visit in order to discover the rich and fabulous cultural and religious inheritance of Vatican City State.
The small Pio-Clementino Museum and its Octagonal Courtyard is home to some of the best of the Vatican classical statuary. Pope Julius II placed the first classical sculptures here. They are real masterpieces. Apollo del Belvedere is one of the famous Roman statues, the symbol of masculine beauty. It is the Roman copy of a Greek statue of 4 C BC. The statue of the Tigris. It decorates one of the six granite basins in the Octagonal Courtyard. The Vatican Gardens are the perfect destination in order to spend a relaxing afternoon in Vatican. The architectural design of The Vatican Gardens is impressive, the alleys are decorated with wonderful sculptures, fountains and colorful areas. During your journey to Vatican, you can also visit other attractive venues as, The Sant Angelo Castle, The Vatican Gardens, The Underground Vatican, The Saint Peter’s Dome and other sites which are recognized as valuable locations of Vatican’s cultural and religious inheritance. According to the Christian religion, the Easter holiday represents one of the most significant days on the Christian calendar.You will spend a really impressive Easter holiday in Vatican City State, while enjoying the incredible religious and cultural beauty of Vatican.
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