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10 Stunning Renaissance Buildings That Survive to This Day

Peter’s Basilica - Vatican City The Sistine Chapel - Vatican City Schwerin Palace - Schwerin, Germany Palazzo Vecchio - Florence, Italy Kronborg Castle - Helsingor, Denmark Poznan Town Hall - Poznan, Poland Palazzo Medici Riccardi - Florence, Italy Queen’s House - London, UK Chateau de Chambord - Chambord

Looking Down From a Bird's Eye, These Cities Are Stunning...

U.S.A Vancouver, Canada Amsterdam, The Netherlands Venice, Italy Tokyo, Japan Sydney, Australia Miami, USA London, United Kingdom Las Vegas, USA Istanbul, Turkey Hong Kong, China Male, Maldives Athens, Greece Niagara Falls, Canada Dubrovnik, Croatia San Francisco, U.S.A Seattle, USA Marina Bay, Dubai Vatican

Get Out! 10 Fascinating Places You're Not Allowed to Enter

Vatican Secret Archives, Vatican City Housed in a heavily protected area of the Vatican are 53 miles of shelves containing documents relating to the Catholic Church, dating back to the 8 th century.

These 18 Amazing City Squares Look Fit for the Gods

Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City (The Vatican, Rome) St. Peter's is simply the holiest square the world will ever know.

The Year's Best Aerial Photos!

Jacobabad, Pakistan - flood, false color image (dark blue and black = water) New Mexico - Space Shuttle Endeavour atop a 747 Homs, Syria - pipeline fire London, UK - Olympic village Northern England - mine sculpture known as "The Lady of the North" Reading, Vermont - fall colors Saint Peter's Square, Vatican

Our Beautiful World from a Bird's Eye View...

Athens, Greece Vancouver, Canada Male, Maldives Seattle, Washington Vatican City Bac Son Valley, Vietnam Marina Bay, Dubai Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Terraced Rice Fields, China Pomerania, Poland Easter Island, Chile Tokyo, Japan Las Vegas, Nevada Greenhouses in San Augustin, Spain Nahalal, Israel Singapore

Beautiful: What Does the World Look Like to a Bird?

Moscow - Russia Athens - Greece Vancouver - Canada Male - Maldives Seattle - The Unites States of America [related_articles] Giza Pyramids - Egypt Bac Son Valley - Vietnam Marina Bay - Dubai Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Terraced Rice Fields - China Dubai - United Arab Emirates A Lake in Pomerania - Poland Vatican

Around and Around It Goes - Beautiful Spiral Cases!

Eckmuhl Lighthouse, France Vatican Museum Spiral stairs wind around a newel (also the central pole). They typically have a handrail on the outer side only, and on the inner side just the central pole.

Towering Architectural Marvels: World's Largest Churches!

Table of contents St.Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida, Aparecida, Brazil Milan Cathedral, Milan, Italy Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain Cathedral of St.

Take a Look at These Beautiful Chapels in Europe

Today, world-famous chapels like the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, and the Sassetti Chapel in Florence, have turned into must-see tourist attractions. However, there are many chapels found in Europe that remain largely unknown.

14 Cool and Interesting Things From Around the World

From Egypt, the 21st dynasty (1077–943 BC), now housed at the Gregorian Egyptian Museum in Vatican City Related: 12 Mind-Blowing Archaeological Discoveries Of 2022 14. 

You Wouldn't Believe the Secrets Behind these Locations

Vatican Secret Archives Until 1881, the Vatican Secret Archives were closed to outsiders, then Pope Leo XII opened them to selected people. The archives are not so much of a secret nowadays as thousands of researchers examine its documents each year.

Stan Munro's Toothpick Art Is Unbelievably Painstaking

Peter Square, Vatican City Taj Mahal, India The Mormon Temple, Utah, USA Palma Cathedral, Spain Sydney Operah House, Australia Aspire Tower, Qatar Tower Bridge, England The Blue Mosque, Turkey Temple of Heaven, China World Trade Center, Bahrain (left), Bayterek, Kazakhstan (right) Borobudur Temple, Indonesia

The Mystery Behind These Lost Treasures Will Fascinate You

Records from the Vatican from the year 1600 contain testimony from one of the Spanish conquerors, Anders Lopez, telling of its existence east of the Andes.

World’s Most-Visited Museums Truly Have SO Much to Offer

Vatican Museums Malouette/ Flickr Location : Vatican City Visitors per year : 6,756,186 For centuries, the Catholic popes collected all of their most prized possessions within the premises of the Vatican. This extensive collection became the backbone for the creation of the Vatican Museums.

These are the Best Lightning Pictures I have Ever Seen!

These beautiful pictures capture that amazing split second where lightning hits some of the best known landmarks in the world: The Vatican In 2013 Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world by stepping down from his position, becoming the first Pope to resign in over 600 years.