The Vatican - St. Peter's Church

ERICA  On Thursday morning, my family lazily woke up and prepared ourselves for the big day visiting the Vatican. We waltzed out of our apartment and walked the mile long distance between the Vatican and our apartment. When we arrived at the Vatican, my dad told us to put ourselves in the 1500's, when there were no buildings like this before. It really made an impact. When we walked into the courtyard we faced an obelisk that was as tall as a skyscraper. There were tall surrounding buildings, and above each column there was a beautiful statue.

  After the long line, we found ourselves in an almost castle-like church. Saint Peter's Church. There were beautiful windows on the walls and ceilings, casting light over the whole church. There were about a two dozen beautiful alters in the entire church. There was a beautiful sentence in Latin that was written in large letters that went around the perimeter of the entire church. There was a massive dome that was directly above the special alter that only the pope could conduct mass with. It was easily 100 feet high, and it was beautiful. The dome had beautiful carving, with a layer of gold over select parts of the dome. At the top of the dome, there was a hole with a painted picture inside of it. If you have good eye-sight and you squint, you can make out that the painting is a picture of a man with a beard (supposedly Jesus) with a flowing blue blanket draped around him. But best of all, the statues around the entire church. There were some massive sculptures that could fit about two adults, but there there were also other statues about as big as me, an 11 year old, that were up towards the ceiling. My dad pointed out that even the "smaller" ones towards the ceiling could easily be the center piece for most churches. It was interesting to think about that because it just makes you appreciate how special the church is.