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Rome, Italy - 2020 Trip Historic Rome: Day Two – Vatican Museums, Vatican City – Part One

During the autumn of 2020 I made a short trip for 5 days over to the city of Rome, Italy. At the time, due to the covid pandemic, flights and hotels were pretty cheap as tourism was virtually nonexistent in mainland Europe, Italy was one of the few places you could travel to with precaution and I must add everything went really smooth once I was there! temperature checks were in place at all attractions and masks were worn in public places during the day, everything felt safe and clean.

I had pre-booked tickets to some of the places I wanted to visit and in the end the trip turned out to be a kind of ‘historic Rome’ sightseeing tour! Italy on a whole is a fascinating place and Rome is like the centre hub of it all! this was not my first visit to Rome and as usual I can thoroughly recommend it – enjoy the photos! 🙂

Wall art of the Pope just outside the Cipro Metro stop which is near the Vatican Museums
Part of the 39-foot-tall Leonine Wall, the historic fortifications that form the boundary of the Vatican City, it does not however enclose the city entirely - Vatican City Museums
After climbing the entrance museum stairs you arrive in this courtyard where you can see St. Peter's Basilica in the distance - Vatican City Museums
The Pauline Halls - Vatican City Museums
A painted tile of the Trevi Fountain in the the Pauline Halls - Vatican City Museums
Piazza San Pietro and St. Peter's Basilica fresco in the the Pauline Halls - Vatican City Museums
Looking out one of the windows in the the Pauline Halls and some classic Italian stone pine trees in the Vatican museum grounds - Vatican City Museums
Piazza San Pietro and St. Peter's Basilica huge drawing in a decorative cabinet - Vatican City Museums
Despite a draconian no-photography for the paupers (mere visitors) even though Nippon TV owning the photographic rights run out years ago, a copyright that is long overdue, I still sneaked a photo of the Sistine Chapel and the famous 'Last Judgement' by Michelangelo from the doorway! - Vatican City Museums
Information plaque about the restoration of the Sistine Chapel and the famous 'Last Judgement' by Michelangelo - Vatican City Museums
Looking out over the Courtyard of the Pigna - Vatican City Museums
'Sphere Within Sphere' a bronze sculpture by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro within the Courtyard of the Pigna - Vatican City Museums
This giant pine cone statue is known as the Fontana Della Pigna and sits under the huge arch in the Courtyard of the Pigna - Vatican City Museums
Roman plinth standing in the Courtyard of the Pigna - Vatican City Museums
Big marble head statue of Julius Caesar in the Courtyard of the Pigna - Vatican City Museums
Inside the long hall of the Chiaramonti Museum - Vatican City Museums
From left to right - Statue of Athena, Statue of Silenus, Statue of Hygieia in the Chiaramonti Museum - Vatican City Museums
Bust of Ocean in the Chiaramonti Museum - Vatican City Museums
Unknown statue in the Chiaramonti Museum - Vatican City Museums
Unknown bust in the Chiaramonti Museum - Vatican City Museums
Entrance to the Braccio Nuovo, a new wing to the Vatican City Museums
Portrait of Julia, Daughter of Emperor Titus (79-81 A.D.) in the Braccio Nuovo - Vatican City Museums
Emperor Hadrian (117 - 138 A.D.) in the Braccio Nuovo - Vatican City Museums
Silenus with the child Dionysus (Roman copy mid 2nd cent A.D.) in the Braccio Nuovo - Vatican City Museums
Entrance to the long hall of the Chiaramonti Museum - Vatican City Museums