1. 12/23/20021 Vatican Adventure: St. Peters After seeing the Sistine Chapel, we left the museum and entered St. Peters.

2. 12/23/20022 Credits Most pictures by Joe Naumann Some pictures by Lea Barlow from her gift CD (thanks Lea) Maps and animations from the internet

3. 12/23/20023 Basilica of Saint Peter

4. 12/23/20024 Side of St. Peters seen when leaving the Sistine Chapel

5. 12/23/20025 Main door to St. Peters

6. 12/23/20026 Michelangelo’s Pieta

7. 12/23/20027 A closer look it the masterpiece

8. 12/23/20028 Awesome, Fabulous, Breathtaking

9. 12/23/20029 Pope John XXIII – draws a big crowd

10. 12/23/200210 Many stop to pray

11. St. Peter’s Artwork Most of the artwork in the basilica tend to relate to the Popes It is easy to lose sight of the supposed spiritual – religious nature of the structure. 12/23/200211

12. 12/23/200212 Pope Pius XII statue

13. 12/23/200213 Pope Innocent XI

14. 12/23/200214 St. Peters – a monument to great artists and to the papacy

15. 12/23/200215 Papal altar seen from a distance

16. 12/23/200216 Main altar in St. Peters – canopy by Bernini

17. 12/23/200217 Sanctuary and altar (by Bernini) behind the papal altar

18. 12/23/200218 Way to the crypt

19. 12/23/200219 Alleged to be tomb of St. Peter

20. 12/23/200220 Pope Benedict

21. 12/23/200221 Pope Paul VI – one of the least pretentious

22. 12/23/200222 Pope Pius XI

23. 12/23/200223 John Paul I – dreams of what might have been...

24. 12/23/200224 View of the “square” upon exiting from St. Peters

25. 12/23/200225 The Swiss Guard in 16 th century dress by Michelangelo