Thursday, December 15, 2016

Vatican City - A Set of 16 Postcards

Citta Del Vaticano (Vatican City) 
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The Dome of St. Peter's
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General view from the Basilica of St. Peter
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St. Peter
The Basilica is the work of Great Artists from
the Roman renaissance: L. B. Alberti, Bramante,
Raffaello, Michelangelo
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St. Peter
The Basilica is the work of Great Artists from
the Roman Renaissance: L.B. Alberti, Bramante,
Raffaello, Michelangelo
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St. Peter's Basilica 
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Bernini's Baldachin
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Pope Urban VIII commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini to design and construct a structure that would be placed over the tomb of St. Peter during the building of the new St. Peter's Basilica. 
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St. Peter's Basilica
The Cattedra
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A cathedra is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Cathedra is the Latin word for a chair with armrests.
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St. Peter's Basilica 
Michelangelo: Pieta
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Swiss Guards
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Raphael's Stanze: School of Athens
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The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo - The Creation of Adam, Detail
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Michelangelo: Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo: the Last Judgment
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Michelangelo: Inside the Sistine Chapel
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Citta Del Vaticano (Vatican City)

I bought this set in 2009 at Vatican City. 

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