June 26, 2006
The view from one of the windows in the Vatican Museum. |
A stained glass work of art.
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St Peter's Basilica |
The 12 apostles appear as statues across the top of St
Peter's Basilica.
But count the statues -- there are only 10! The
builders thought it would not be fair to include Peter, since the whole
church honored him -- and they left out Judas for obvious reasons.
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The letters in the band of gold are twelve feet high. |
See the giant black columns at the four corners of the
altar? This is the reason they took the bronze decorative ceiling from the
portico to the Pantheon.
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