readx;?readx; Again, as in other churches, it is forbidden to make loud noises and not to stop on the steps (the Holy See has a high square platform...... In short, there are many, many rules here, and the guards are the strictest Yunluo has ever seen, so be careful. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Sistine Church has been restored Michelangelo painted a lifetime of paintings.

In addition to the "Genesis" on the roof, there is also a "Last Judgment", and it is often seen in various TV dramas that the fingertips of God and Adam touch is an integral part of the "Genesis" on the ceiling. And then it is also the place where the Holy See elects the pope, and the pope worships...... In a word......

If the Vatican Museums can be described as a fine crown, the Sistine Court is the most splendid jewel on it. Leaving the Sistine See, the Vatican is home to a gallery of works by various masters, including works by Titian, Caravaggio, Van Gogh, and other famous teachers.

But the most precious are Leonardo da Vinci's "St. Gerome" and Raphael's three frescoes, "Christ Apparition", "Madonna of Flino" and "Madonna with a Crown". Raphael's three frescoes are placed in a special hall for viewing and supervision, and photographs are allowed but flash is prohibited.

Other paintings can't be photographed with flash either, but there aren't that many of the guards...... (That's why Yunluo has always thought that the "Manifestation of Christ" here is genuine, because when you get to St. Peter's Basilica later, you will find that there is also a ...... hanging there.) Well, visiting the Vatican Museums feels like Baggins has fallen into Smaug's treasure.

If you come to Italy, please be sure to visit the Vatican Museums, saying that the high point is to purify the soul, and the low end is to open the eyes! Messi and Pony are clearly visible in the Vatican Museums in the memorial exhibits area of the church of the Italian and Argentine football teams.

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It took Yunluo and An 5 hours to visit the entire Vatican for the first time (this is really unpleasant, the museum is so big!). The 8000 steps of the Xiaomi Mi Band have already arrived halfway through), I was going to see St. Peter's Basilica next, but I saw people on the periphery all for the square half a circle, looking at the scorching sun at 3 pm in Rome.

So I decided to give up the queue and go to other attractions first. The closest attraction to the Vatican should be Castel Sant'Angelo. But the day Yunluo and An first met, why didn't it open the door, I could only look at the overall scenery from a distance, and the Yunluo after being shocked by the Vatican was no longer the original Yunluo, and the castle of this magnitude still felt average.

But the next walk to the Pantheon was different. It's not big, though. But once again, the towering dome of the Pantheon makes people can't help but marvel at the ancient Romans' ingenuity! Then, here Yunluo knew for the first time that the coffins under the big statues of those churches were really buried with the dead!

Like what...... Raphael...... It is buried in the Pantheon, and the specific location can be seen in the photos. Castel Sant'Angelo compared to other Roman buildings. The Pantheon is very different, why? Because it is a building that was built in 27 BC. What is the concept, that is, in the era when Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty favored Zhao Feiyan.

Octavian's son-in-law, Agripba, built the temple. After more than 2,000 years, the buildings of the same period in China have become ruins, and the Pantheon is still standing. PantheonPantheonPantheonThe most famous dome of the Pantheon, even Michelangelo lamented that it was like a pantheon, this is Raphael's tomb......

The PantheonThe Pantheon is most famous for its dome (not the dead man he buried), which is said to have been made of concrete by Roman craftsmen to create a ceiling that is so large that it won't fall. Next to the Pantheon (probably less than 1 km) is the famous Plaza de España.

It is also a must-visit place in Rome for shopping. On the way from the Pantheon to Piazza di Spagna, you'll discover that Rome is truly a magical city. The roadside decoration is not fashionable and refined, and the store that is not much different from ordinary stores may be the flagship store of Hermès or the flagship store of Fendi......

Anyway, Yunluo remembers that in addition to a luxury brand store, the appearance is still a slightly fashionable store. The luxury shops in Piazza di Spagna are furnished in the same way as any other Roman building. The crowded squares and flagship stores are hidden in these ancient buildings, and the Plaza de España is the most famous step in Roman Holiday.

As for the steps where Hepburn and Gregory Pike eat ice cream in "Roman Holiday", well, maybe it's because Yunluo and Ann first met at 5 o'clock in the afternoon...... It was full of people resting and basking in the sunset, and the fountain in front of it was also full of people. It's rare to see so many people in Europe, and Yunluo is a little uncomfortable.

After resting for a while, I walked back to see if there were still so many people in St. Peter's Church. Fortunately, St. Peter's Basilica was already in a state where you could enter without queuing at around 6 o'clock, and Yunluo and An Chuyu easily entered the cathedral through security.

Oh yes, this is the second day that the clouds fell in Italy to see the Beijing subway security machine, the first one was in the Vatican. The magnificence of St. Peter's Basilica cannot be described in words. It can only show one-tenth of its original appearance. To truly stand in front of the cathedral is a great reverence for the Catholic Church.

and Yunluo's personal little ** lying groove church has been looting for many years to cover this thing's sigh! For example, the statues in St. Peter's Basilica are basically more than 5 meters tall, but they are such large statues. St. Peter's can hold two vertically, and there are oversized spaces to add to the beauty......

Moreover, this lavish double-storey statue resembles the walls of a two-bedroom room and is casually installed inside the church...... People didn't think it was a luxurious wall at all...... In addition, if you look closely at the marble patterns on the ceiling, floor and walls in the church, you will find that the patterns are very regular and picturesque.

You can see the pattern when you put it together! Anyway, yes. After looking at St. Peter's Basilica, you will find that all the other churches that you have seen before and thought are magnificent! This is a building that has never been seen before or since! This is a must-see building in Italy! Hundreds of seats in St. Peter's Basilica are reserved for the faithful who meet the Pope.

The visit to St. Peter's Square on Wednesday is very large, although there are not many people who come to see St. Peter's Basilica in the evening, but please be sure to note that the church closes at 7 o'clock, and the relevant surrounding shops and several other underground palaces are not allowed to enter at 6:30, and priority is given to viewing and buying. St. Peter's BasilicaSt. Peter's BasilicaSt. Peter's Basilica, you see!

Another St. Peter's Basilica skips dinner as always, but one thing to say is that if you have an authentic Western dinner, please prepare it for about 2 hours. Because after you finish one dish, they will serve you a second dish after a long time, and so on...... It's not like the Yunluo tradition, I can't wait to finish the dish in the first minute, so that everyone can eat nonsense.

Because you have to take the train to Florence at noon, you don't have a very dense itinerary in Rome. I just continued to walk around a bit. In addition to the Plaza de la Repubblica, there are two places where the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and the Roman Opera House are located within a 10-minute walk from the central train station.

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the four "main churches" of Rome (the other three are St. Peter's Basilica, the largest in the world, the Church of San Giovanni on the outskirts of Rome, and the Basilica of St. Paul outside the city of Rome), which is classified by the Pope as a special apostolic basilica. The church was built in the 4th century AD.

It was the first church named after Mary...... That is, from the 4th century. The church's steady stream of funds was used to renovate it. The main structure of the church was determined from the 5th century, the frescoes were perfected in the 15th century, and the golden decorations that accompanied the frescoes were salvaged from the Americas in the 15th century......

So don't underestimate the golden decorations in the church, it's all real money! The Basilica of the Virgin Mary has a crypt containing a silver cradle of the Holy Child and a golden manger, said to be a fragment of the manger in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jerusalem, Pope Bernini......

Next to the coffin are the saint Jerome (the protagonist of the Vatican's original Leonardo da Vinci) and Pope Pius V, as well as the famous designer Bernini. (Influenced by Chinese tradition, every time I see the coffin under the statue...... Yunluo has a feeling of embarrassment...... Are you buried here really big husband? ）

Outside the church there is a square and a bell tower. Every morning at 9 o'clock, the tower rings to remind everyone to worship. Yunluo and An first met very coincidentally at the church around 9 o'clock, the church of the Virgin Mary is divided into many small rooms, and many small rooms are holding Mass (not that the believers are not sure if it is a mass, or there is a kind of singing).

Visitors can still visit the Mass when the Mass is celebrated, but they cannot enter the chamber to participate...... As one of the 4 main churches and the only church in the city (the other one belongs to the Vatican State), it is highly recommended to visit here! It's best to visit around 9 o'clock, and if you're lucky, you can see the singing!

After visiting the church, you can visit the opera house not far from it (10 minutes walk...... Compare with the various old Renaissance buildings in the city of Rome. The design of the opera house is very modern, and there is an advertising board in front of it listing the names of recent operas, and those interested can buy tickets to see them.

However, when there are no performances, the doors of the opera house are usually closed. I can only look at it casually outside. Because the opera house is not open, Yunluo and An Chufeng are still a long time away from the departure, and finally the two of them summed it up and decided to go to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels and Martyrs, which has passed by many times but did not go in to see it once.

The church was designed by Michelangelo and built in the cold baths of the Baths of Diocletian in ancient Rome (1,000 words of the modifier for rice muscle is omitted here)...... Unlike other churches, this one doesn't have too many ornate statues in it. In addition to putting a particularly modernist statue at the door.

The most striking thing about the whole hall is the zodiac lines drawn on the ground. On the floor near the center, a line showing the sun's trajectory is extended, with the specific time and constellations on the line, and the end of the line extends to the right side of the basilica, ending with an image of a constellation, which is said to be the original Roman version of the "prime meridian".

There is also a bronze statue of Galileo outside the hall, which is a gift from Dr. Li Zhendao! After visiting the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels and Martyrs, Yunluo and Ann's first trip to Rome has come to an end, and the next stop is Florence in central Italy! Florence is about 1 hour drive from Rome and overall it's very convenient.

There are three train stations in Rome that run to Florence at the same time, and the intervals are also very close. Yunluo and An first met on the Italo train invested by Ferrari, also commonly known as the "rabbit car". The train travels at speeds of more than 200 kilometers per hour and reaches a maximum of 285 kilometers per hour. There are vending machines and automatic coffee machines on board.

There is also free wifi and electric plugs for everyone to use. The rabbit car does not use a ticket gate, it is checked by the conductor after getting on the train, and you can hold a paper or electronic version of the ticket. Basically, in well-ordered Europe, the conductor just looks at whether the train number and time correspond to each other, and does not force every information to be checked.

Florence's central train station is called "firenze**n", so be careful when buying tickets. If you buy a "firenzecampodi", you will have to walk a while to get to the city center. Florence has a smaller urban area compared to Rome...... Basically, if you really go on a rampage, you can walk it all in one day.

You can also pay attention to the close proximity of the attractions in Florence when arranging your time. In addition to Piazzale Michelangelo, walk within 2 km of the train station. The architecture of Florence is very distinctive, basically with yellow walls and red roofs, simple and elegant (compared to Rome), and the architectural style is also the kind of spire of the Middle Ages.

Rather than the local tyrant Renaissance style that Rome exuded everywhere...... The first thing that catches everyone's eye when you exit the central train station is the famous Cathedral of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, which is the first Apostolic Basilica in Florence (it should be a Grade B religious basilica, lower than the Basilica of the Virgin Mary in Rome).

It is also the main church of the Dominican Church (the main denomination of the Catholic Dervishes, presumably the Puritan who does not save property) in the city. Well...... Since they are all the main churches of the Dominican Church of the Puritan Church, the magnificence of the whole cathedral can not be imagined compared with those churches in Rome.

In addition to the gold leaf decorations, which can no longer be seen, there are many fewer sculptures in the entire church than in Roman churches. But! The Cathedral of Santa Maria Novella embodies the typical style of the medieval church, such as the particularly sharp style of oil painting (the Renaissance was all about big breasts and fat buttocks), such as the stained glass windows......

These are all ornate styles unique to the Middle Ages (the Middle Ages were very poor compared to the Renaissance and beyond, when maritime trade arose!). However, because the Cathedral of Our Lady of Neueux is connected to the museum, it ...... This church costs money! 5 euros a piece! If not really interested in early Renaissance art.

It is not recommended to buy a ticket to go, you can consider going to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore for no money. Florence is home to two famous churches, Santa Maria Novella in the heart of the city, Santa Maria del Fiore, located in the heart of the city, within a 10-minute walk. Unlike Santa Maria Novella.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Fiore is in addition to the church itself. It also includes Giotto's bell tower, the baptistery, plus the dome and the underground palace museum, a combined ticket of 10 euros and valid for 24 hours. Unlike the Church of Our Lady of Flority, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fiore is the main cathedral of Christianity (Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican.

and churches with episcopal seats in churches under the responsibility of some Lutheran groups). The whole church presents Gothic style and is also one of the five cathedrals in the world (the five cathedrals are St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Milan Cathedral, Seville Cathedral in Spain, and Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence.

St. Paul's Cathedral in England), which is characterized by the largest and most beautiful dome in the world, even Michelangelo is proud of himself, painted on the dome is Giorgio Vasari's huge mural "The Last Judgment", visitors can climb to the top through the outside staircase to enjoy the whole of Florence. There is also a dungeon in the church.

It is currently renovated as a museum and exhibits a series of Florentine sculptures, clay pots, and ...... Next to the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore there is a place covered with plastic sheeting, the famous Baptistery of St. John, with three bronze doors with bronze reliefs of Old Testament stories, two of which were by Ghiberti.

It was praised by Michelangelo as the "Gate of Heaven". Not far from the Baptistery is Giotto's Bell Tower, which visitors can buy a combined ticket at any of the locations and visit them at any time for 24 hours. But to be honest, if you don't have too good physical strength, Giotto's bell tower and dome can be just one of them.

Personally, I recommend the dome, although it is the bell tower that the clouds have fallen...... Giotto's bell tower is divided into 4 floors, and the stairs are getting narrower and narrower at each level, and the top floor is only accessible to one person, and it is very steep, so be sure to be safe if you want to climb the bell tower! The bell tower offers a view of the whole of Florence, as well as visitors from the dome of the cathedral not far away......

It is especially recommended to come at sunset, as most of the buildings are old, so Florence is very comfortable in the sunset. Leaving the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, it's about a 5-minute walk to the bustling Place de la République (well, it's the Place de la Repubblica again, you read that right, there are a lot of Piazza della Repubblica in Europe). (To be continued.) )