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andrys1: First sight of St. Peter's from doubledecker bus
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andrys1: BLURRED photo from bus (which didn't stop)
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andrys1: Vatican Tour starts with Court of the Pine (Pigna).
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andrys1: First courtyard
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andrys1: Marble copy of a 4th C. BC bronze of Lysippus 'The Apoxyomenos'
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andrys1: The Belvedere Apollo
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andrys1: The Belvedere Apollo plus a frieze
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andrys1: A river god, in the courtyard
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andrys1: Famous Laocoon orig'l (2005 theory: Michelangelo forged it)
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andrys1: Heracles with club, lion skin and golden apples
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andrys1: Blurred, but interesting Resurrection tapestry
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andrys1: A ceiling of the Maps Gallery
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andrys1: Ceiling features are clearer here
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andrys1: Our enthusiastic guide, wearing a yellow sweater
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andrys1: From Raphael's Stanza of the Signatura - 'Dispute'
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andrys1: Further back, from Raphael's Stanza of the Signatura - 'Dispute'
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andrys1: Sistine Chapel, first sight of ceiling. Rome, Italy
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andrys1: Previous shot, rotated for old testament scenes
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andrys1: Various Sibyls
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andrys1: Sistine Chapel ceiling from back seating area where we could sit and enjoy the view.
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andrys1: Figures breaking the boundaries - my favorite
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andrys1: (BLURRED) Last Judgment
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andrys1: D. Ghirlandaio's 'Vocation of St. Peter and of St. Paul'
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andrys1: G. Roselli's 'Sermon on the Mount' near back gate
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andrys1: First glimpse of Michelangelo's 'Pieta' in St. Peter's
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andrys1: Closer up, through glass. Photography is not discouraged.
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andrys1: Crucified Jesus and a younger-faced eternal Mary
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andrys1: A a youthful Mary for mystery of birth and crucifixion.
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andrys1: Though commissioned, the sculpture was snuck into the church at night quietly, lest it cause astir, and it's said young Michelangelo sometimes entered to hear reactions and heard two people claiming that another sculptor had created the Pieta. So he went
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andrys1: Michelangelo's dome, St. Peter's - Vatican