Before I move on to chronicle our days in Firenze (Florence), here are some final, additional pictures taken at the Vatican. The first is a view of the Vatican from one of the bridges to the east. This was my first view of Vatican City as we approached on foot from our hotel.
The second photo here is a set of sculpted figures that appear before the central door into the Basilica. The scene depicted is St. Peter receiving the keys to heaven. These keys are a dominant Vatican symbol they appear throughout the City -- incorporated on columns, on coats-of-arms, on walls, etc.
And the third photo here is a shot of one side of St. Peter's Square. The Square is surrounded on about two-thirds of its circumference by a series of columns, 4 columns deep.
And if you stand at particular spots set out in the concrete surface of the Square, and then look towards the nearest set of columns, you are faced with a view of what looks like only a single row of columns. Then, if you turn around and look to the columns on the opposite far side of the Square, you will be able to see clearly that the columns are 4 deep. It's a neat trick of perspective. Who knows how they did it!
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