The Vatican Photo 3

The Vatican

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May 27th 2009
Today, we went to the St. Peters, under the basilica. We also went into Vatican City behind St. Peters, including St. Stephen's Church. We saw the tomb of St. Peter's, and all the other Catholic popes. We also saw where the "bones" of St. Peter were held. We saw the pagan graveyards under the church. IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! We saw the church that Constantine built under the current church of St. Pe ... 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