What is the smallest country in the world?
Yes, exactly.
Vatican
This is a magical country.
Because it borders Italy on all sides.
So this is a
China
It is also the center of Catholicism all over the world.
The seat of the Holy See headed by the Pope.
It is the belief center of one sixth of the world's population.
Vatican City itself is a great cultural treasure house.
St Peter's Cathedral, St Peter's Hall, Sistine Chapel, etc. In the city.
It is a famous building in the world.
The Vatican is rich in libraries and museums.
Specializing in the collection of works of art with historical, scientific and cultural value.
Including Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo and other masters.
How small is the Vatican?
People often joke and go to the Vatican with friends.
If we leave separately, we can meet in ten minutes.
in fact
The territory of Vatican City State is St. Peter's Square, St. Peter's Hall, Pontifical Palace, Fort Dolf and Vatican Museum.
This territory is roughly triangular.
The surrounding walls are national borders.
Go to the Vatican
First, we must go to St. Peter's Cathedral.
This Catholic church
It is the most outstanding Renaissance building and the largest church in the world.
Designed by Michelangelo
Many murals and sculptures of European Renaissance artists are preserved in the hall.
Enter St. Peter's cathedral
In the center of the hall is bernini's greatest masterpiece.
A bronze canopy carved in bernini.
Michelangelo's Mourning Sculpture
Funeral is called the most elegant work in the church.
This is Michelangelo's masterpiece at the age of 24.
This is his only iconic work.
Under Michelangelo's greatest masterpiece, the macro dome.
Look up at the dazzling light
At the end of the hall is bernini's immortal masterpiece.
Peter's throne
It has a beautiful image of the Holy Spirit on it.
St Peter's Square outside the church is the greatest architectural art in bernini's life.
There are two semi-circular corridors, which consist of four rows of 284 Dejin columns and 88 square columns.
There are 40 statues of saints on it.
If you climb to the top of the church,
what's up hope
Not far from St. Angel Castle.
It is said that infectious diseases were very popular in Rome at that time.
At that time, the Pope passed after Mass.
Suddenly, an angel with a sword appeared.
Since then, infectious diseases have disappeared.
Therefore, it is called the Castle of Saint Angels.
The Saint Angel Bridge across the Tiber River in front of Saint Angel Castle is the most beautiful bridge in Rome.
There are twelve angel statues on the bridge.
Every angel has a torture device in his hand.
These twelve angels were all created by bernini.
Except St. Peter's cathedral
The Sistine Chapel is also a must-see attraction.
The appearance of the church is simple and simple.
But it is full of precious murals and top paintings.
There is an exquisite framed screen on the marble of the church.
Divide the church into two parts.
This is the biggest feature of the Sistine Chapel.
The dome of the church is the Genesis painted by Michelangelo.
(of a new building) tall and brilliant.
The most famous one should be this one.
Create Adam
God pointed his finger at Adam from the sky.
I'm about to pass my soul on to Adam like a power source.
This dramatic moment
Wonderfully juxtapose man with God.
The Sistine Chapel is located in the Vatican Museum.
Vatican Museum is one of the earliest museums in the world.
It has 12 exhibition hall and 5 art galleries.
It brings together the ancient ruins of Greece and Rome and the artistic essence of the Renaissance.
Most of them are priceless.
It was originally a papal court.
It was later transformed into the Vatican National Museum.
The Vatican is very small.
But what is really concentrated is the essence.
This is a treasure house of art.
It is a beautiful precipitation left by history to mankind.