Let's start at the top. This is from the dome on St Peter's onto the square. E walked all the way up and had a stunning view.
Here is the shadow of the basilica on the Sistine Chapel.
The Swiss Guards. Recruits to the guards must be Catholic, single males with Swiss citizenship who have completed basic training with the Swiss military. Recruits must have a professional diploma or high school degree and must be between 19 and 30 years of age and at least 174 cm (5'8.5") tall.
St. Peter's tomb.
The Vatican Museum is very palatial.
Pictures are forbidden inside the sistine Chapel so these are web photos. Viewing requires enough time to acclimate and let your mind and eyes to absorb it all.
The ceiling is painted using the fresco technique of applying paint to wet plaster which can only be done in small segments to assure that the plaster is fresh. There are nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, surrounded by prophets and sibyls. Adorned with architectural features that are painted on so expertly, it is hard to tell where the illusion begins and ends. We are now intimately aquainted with all of it as we bought and complete a 1000 piece puzzle!
Elliott has historical links to King Tut and was very happy to reconnect with them!
The Swiss Guards. Recruits to the guards must be Catholic, single males with Swiss citizenship who have completed basic training with the Swiss military. Recruits must have a professional diploma or high school degree and must be between 19 and 30 years of age and at least 174 cm (5'8.5") tall.
St. Peter's tomb.
The Vatican Museum is very palatial.
Pictures are forbidden inside the sistine Chapel so these are web photos. Viewing requires enough time to acclimate and let your mind and eyes to absorb it all. 
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