Vatican City
Vatican, the capital Vatican City, the Vatican is located in the northwest corner of the Italian city of Rome, is the smallest country in the world, with a land area of 0.44 square kilometers. The Vatican has a permanent population of 618 people, mainly Italians.
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Church, also translated as St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, is the central church of Roman Christianity, a pilgrimage site for European Catholics and the church of the Pope of Rome in the Vatican, located in the Vatican, is the world's first cathedral. The church bears the name of St. Peter, the elder of Jesus' disciples, whose name is Jesus and means "rock", meaning that he will be the cornerstone of the church.
St. Peter's Square
This square, which concentrates the essence of all eras, can accommodate 500,000 people, is located in the easternmost part of the Vatican, named after the St. Peter's Basilica on the front of the square, and is the place where the Holy See holds large religious activities. The construction of the square took eleven years (1656~1667), and the master architect Bernini personally supervised the construction of the project. Around the square are 4 columns of 284 Doric columns, on which are 140 statues of saints. In the center is a huge column shipped from Egypt in 40 AD.
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museum, one of the most expensive museums in Western Europe, opens for an unusually short time: it closes at 13:30 p.m. local time. On the Sunday at the end of every month, the Vatican Museums are free of charge, which can save more than a dozen euros. As a result, many tourists will queue up to enter the museum. Here, you can witness the most spectacular queue of your life.
To show you a beautiful picture of the total Vatican, a little look at the country is a city within a country, relatively small, but still quite beautiful.