By Hazel Tankard
On the dawn of March 2nd, we left our hotel in Sperlonga to head to the beautiful Vatican museum in Vatican City, located in Rome. Our tour guide shared several interesting facts with us. The Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo took him a total of nine years to complete, and in fact he never wanted to paint it anyway since he was a sculptor. Following the tour of the Sistine Chapel we went to Saint Peter's Basilica which is known to be the most holy Catholic Church in all the world. To us the experience was eye opening. The church also contains a door known as the holy door that is only opened every twenty-five years by the pope. In between that time, the door is plastered over so that it could not be opened even accidentally.
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