Italia Installment #2: Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica

Interior of St. Peter's Basilica

This was designed by Raphael and Michelangelo

Apostle Peter's Tomb

The Plaque Marking the Apostle Peter's Tomb (In St. Peter's Basilica)
Click on the Picture to enlarge it if you would like to read the text.

The intricately carved wooden altar over Peter's tomb

Michelangelo's Pieta

Renaissance sculpture of Mary holding Jesus after the crucifixion.

Stealthy pic of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
The guards kept yelling "No photos" in English, but I didn't use a flash so I don't feel quite so guilty. The guards also said, "Shhhhh" over and over and over.

Another Stealthy pic inside the Sistine Chapel

Waiting in line for St. Peter's Basilica