We finally made it to the Vatican for our day in the Museums. Got to the Meeting Point in time for the 12 Noon entry. This was going to fast track us into the Museums without waiting in the queue... What a joke. We set off from the Meeting Point at the ORA office in front of the Piazza San Pietro and walked for 20 minutes to the entrance with the "rapid entry". The way the queue in front of the Basilica was moving we would have been in before we got to the other door.
The crowds are formidable. Everywhere we went there were thousands of ignorant tourists, they went, they looked but they did not see!
Nevertheless, what riches! Most of the statuary we have seen in other museums and galleries pales in comparison, but the crush in the Vatican diminishes the ability to appreciate it.
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| Unfortunately we were not allowed entry to this room but the statues looked perfect |
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| Diana |
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| Cherubs in the nest? |
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| A Janus |
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| Mercury having a smoko |
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| The roof of the first room |
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| The roof of the long Map corridor |
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| Detail of the roof |
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| A table top for a pope. Magnificent marble inlay |
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| A view of the Vatican gardens ( not THE Vatican gardens) |
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| Stick your head out and look around the corner and here is St Pete's |
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