This is the courtyard of the Vatican
All these people are waiting to get 
into the museum!
Thankfully we came so early!

 

These are the Papal suites (?)
The top 3 right hand windows belong
to the Pope.

                                          

                                                    

 

Have you ever noticed that clocks before?
I certainly have not
Exterior of the Vatican

 May 10, 2019

 

The Pieta

The scene shows the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus
after the crucifixion

by Michelangelo
1498 - 1500
Marble

 

The door to one of the tombs 
of a past Pope

Mosaic
One of 4 different biblical scenes

 

Michelangelo's dome was only completed
to the base when he died (1564)
It was later finished by  his student Giacomo della Porta
in 
1590

For more information about the Vatican
please see
www.stpetersbasilica.info

Two different angles of the same dome

 

Glen's phone has the ability to pull light into the picture

My ipad does not

Two panoramic views of the Altar