Vatican City

Western Europe, 2000 — 108 photographs

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Rome

The round brick Torre San Giovanni above the Vatican wall — Rome, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000)

St Peter's Basilica

A golden icon glimpsed through metal railings — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A gilded side chapel seen between twisted columns — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The marble tomb monument of Pope Leo XI — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The glass tomb of St Pius X behind a bronze grille — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Visitors beneath the soaring dome of St Peter's — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The vast dim nave and dome of St Peter's — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The coffered ceiling of St Peter's Basilica — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Ornate carved stonework above a portico doorway — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Swiss Guard in striped uniform watched by tourists — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The papal Mass shown on a large square screen — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The covered papal altar canopy on the basilica steps — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A bishop and crowd shown on the big square screen — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) St Peter's Basilica and colonnade under cloudy sky — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The papal altar canopy and clergy on the steps — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A marble apostle statue beside a giant Mass screen — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Officers and the papal car among the colonnade — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The Pope waving from his open black limousine — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Photographers crowding the Pope's open car — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The Popemobile shown close up on the square screen — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The papal altar canopy with clergy during Mass — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Clergy at the altar during the open-air papal Mass — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The papal canopy and basilica from the crowd — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A procession of clergy in white before the colonnade — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Richard in St Peter's Square by the curved colonnade — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (20-25 May 2000) The basilica facade above rows of empty chairs — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (20-25 May 2000) Marble statue in a niche of St Peter's Basilica — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A man beside a gilded mosaic in St Peter's Basilica — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Rooftops of Rome seen through a dome window grille — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Apartment blocks viewed through St Peter's dome grille — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) St Peter's Square and colonnade seen from the dome — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An arched altarpiece painting in St Peter's Basilica — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Tiled spiral ramp inside the St Peter's dome — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Looking up at the columned drum of St Peter's dome — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The basilica floor far below seen from St Peter's dome — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Sunlit windows behind a wire grille in St Peter's — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The coffered interior of St Peter's dome and lantern — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Crowd before the gilded Cathedra Petri in St Peter's Basilica — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The coffered dome interior of St Peter's Basilica — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The gilded inscription and arch beneath St Peter's dome — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Pope John Paul II greeting pilgrims in St Peter's Square — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Pope John Paul II in the popemobile amid a cheering crowd — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Pope John Paul II passing the colonnade in St Peter's Square — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Pope John Paul II in white robes greeting pilgrims — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Philips big screen showing the crowd in St Peter's Square — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A giant Philips screen showing the Pope on stage — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Philips big screen showing the Pope among pilgrims — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A giant screen showing the Pope at a microphone — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) St Peter's dome peeking over the high Vatican wall — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The dome of St Peter's Basilica behind a leafy pine — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Swiss Guard at the basilica's bronze entrance doors — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The obelisk and colonnade of St Peter's Square — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The gilded marble Tomb of Pope Alexander VII — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The Niche of the Pallia above the Tomb of St Peter — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The shrine of the Confessio above the Tomb of St Peter — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The golden Niche of the Pallia behind a rope barrier — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Swiss Guard standing watch by the bronze doors — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Swiss Guard with halberd beside the basilica doors — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Crowds beneath the towering nave piers of St Peter's — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The gilded coffered ceiling of the basilica nave — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Sunlight streaming across the nave toward the baldachin — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The marble Tomb of Pope Alexander VII with kneeling figure — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A skeletal figure and gilded globe on Alexander VII's tomb — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Detail of draped marble and gilded globe on the tomb — St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000)

Vatican City

The Pope's black car passing a saluting officer — Vatican City, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000)

Vatican Museums

Richard examining a painted mummy case in a glass cabinet — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A painted Egyptian mummy case in a glass display case — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An unwrapped Egyptian mummy lying in its open case — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A reclining bearded river-god marble statue — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A headless draped classical marble statue against a green wall — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A carved Roman sarcophagus relief behind glass — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Roman sarcophagus relief with a central portrait medallion — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A carved Roman marriage sarcophagus relief behind glass — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A carved Egyptian limestone relief mounted on the ceiling — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A framed painting of Christ raising Lazarus — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A framed Renaissance painting of Christ and a crowd — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A framed painting of Saint George slaying the dragon — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Greek black-figure amphorae in a museum display case — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Painting of St George slaying the dragon — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Renaissance painting of Christ raising the dead — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Renaissance painting of Christ raising the dead — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A bronze sculpture of intertwined nude figures — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Statues and frescoes lining a grand gallery hall — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Raphael fresco of a battle in the Raphael Rooms — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Sobieski at Vienna, a vast historical painting — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An ornate woven tapestry in the gallery — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The frescoed ceiling of the Gallery of Maps — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Medieval round panel painting and a painted crucifix — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Medieval round panel painting and icons on a wall — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A marble bust on a plinth in the Gallery of Busts — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An ancient manuscript displayed in a glass case — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A green landscape painting in a gilt frame — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A Dali surrealist painting in a gilt frame — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A dark abstract sculpture on a stone plinth — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Painted panels lining a museum hall — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The Last Supper tapestry hung in the gallery — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A lunette painting of the lamentation of Christ — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Carved Roman sarcophagi in the Chiaramonti gallery — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A long hall lined with marble busts and statues — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An information panel about the Sistine Chapel — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An information panel showing the Sistine ceiling — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An information panel on the Last Judgement fresco — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) A black Egyptian pharaoh statue in the museum — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) Close-up of a ram-headed Egyptian statue — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The vaulted Gallery of Candelabra and its frescoes — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The colossal gilded bronze Hercules statue — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) The porphyry basin in the domed Round Room — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000) An ornate painted octagonal ceiling — Vatican Museums, Vatican City (21-27 May 2000)