Vatican City is the smallest country in the world and yet its influence stretches across the globe. You cross the border simply by stepping into St Peter Square where Bernini colonnades embrace visitors like open arms. The basilica rises before you in a triumph of Renaissance architecture and the marble floors inside reflect centuries of […]
The queue for St Peter’s basilica snakes across the Piazza San Pietro in a long, patient, murmuring line of humanity, the pilgrims from the Philippines, the tour group from Ohio, the backpackers from Berlin, and the wait, in the summer, can be two hours. The reward, the moment you step through the doors into the […]
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