Inside The Sistine Chapel

Rome

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June 20th 2008
After Maranello all roads led to ………. Our time in Rome was a bit of ‘work’, but was also rewarding. Our first day was ‘Vatican Day’. The Vatican Museum, St Peters Square and Basilica. The museum had lots of great sculptures and roof paintings, the Sistine Chapel is the most famous, but many others are just as impressive. St Peters Basilica is simply huge and when appreciating t ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more