The Zaitz Take A Cruise

When in Rome 

Rome Part Five (Page Sixteen)

Return To The Vatican

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five


Panarama of the Vatican City from atop St Peter's Basilica

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Did you know? - - The name "Vatican" predates Christianity and comes from the Latin Mons Vaticanus, meaning Vatican Mount.[15] The territory of Vatican City is part of the Mons Vaticanus, and of the adjacent former Vatican Fields where St. Peter's Basilica, the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel, and museums were built, along with various other buildings. The area was part of the Roman rione of Borgo until 1929. Being separated from the city, on the west bank of the Tiber river, the area was an outcrop of the city that was protected by being included within the walls of Leo IV (847–55), and later expanded by the current fortification walls, built under Paul III (1534–49), Pius IV (1559–65) and Urban VIII (1623–44).

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five


Panarama of the Vatican


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Swiss guards

Did you know? - - Though earlier Popes recruited Swiss mercenaries as part of an army, the Pontifical Swiss Guard was founded by Pope Julius II on 22 January 1506 as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and continues to fulfil that function. It is listed in the Annuario Pontificio under "Holy See", not under "State of Vatican City". At the end of 2005, the Guard had 134 members.

Recruitment is arranged by a special agreement between the Holy See and Switzerland. All recruits must be catholic, unmarried males with Swiss citizenship who have completed their basic training with the Swiss Army with certificates of good conduct, be between the ages of 19 and 30, and be at least 5 ft 9 in tall. The Palatine Guard and the Noble Guard were disbanded by Pope Paul VI in 1970. While the first body was founded as a militia at the service of the Papal States, its functions within the Vatican State, like those of the Noble Guard, were merely ceremonial.

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Did you know? - - The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as the Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people. It is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five
Maderno's nave, looking towards the chancel

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five
The Pietà sculpted by Michelangelo

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Last Night in Rome

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

The Party Is Over And It Is Time To Go Home

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

Zaitz Vacaton: Rome Part Five

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