St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro), designed by Bernini. The Doric-pillared colonnade is topped by statues of 140 saints. - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:44:07 AM The Pope's apartment is in the upper right corner of the building above the colonnade. - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:28:26 AM aac - Sat 27 Aug 2005 11:03:09 AM aad - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:33:28 AM St. Peter's Basilica & an Egyptian obelisk . The obelisk was brought from Heliopolis in the Nile delta. - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:28:13 AM aaf - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:32:38 AM Michele in front of St. Peter's Basilica - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:44:09 AM No bare shoulders, no shorts, & no skirts above the knee are allowed inside St. Peter's. - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:44:48 AM aai - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:48:02 AM Inside St. Peter's Basilica - Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:04:40 AM aak - Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:05:28 AM aal - Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:05:19 AM aam - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:50:49 AM aan - Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:03:23 AM Michelangelo's Pieta - Sat 27 Aug 2005 09:54:19 AM Looking out a window inside the Vatican, into an inner courtyard - Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:09:07 AM A list of all the popes interred in the Basilica - Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:08:04 AM John Paul II, 2005 - Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:08:44 AM The Vatican Museum is huge. It is extremely crowded. No maps are available once inside the museum, and few works are labeled! Here, Michele stands in a great hall lined with maps. Believe it or not, this was one of the least crowded areas in the museu - Sat 27 Aug 2005 11:28:41 AM Spiral staircase/ramp at the Vatican Museum's exit. - Sat 27 Aug 2005 12:09:24 PM aau - Sat 27 Aug 2005 12:09:05 PM aav - Sat 27 Aug 2005 12:09:08 PM