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copperbadge · 1 year
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[ID: A large white exterior wall into which is set an equally large green door, with a sunburst pattern and a shield logo atop it, then panels of green, with green metal handles and a keyhole. Blurred people stand in line to peer through the keyhole.]
This is the door to the Priory of the Knights of Malta, in which is set the popular tourist attraction, the Aventine Keyhole. Here's the keyhole:
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[ID: A photo of the extremely worn door, with the green paint worn away from both the panels and the wood framing. Set into the door is a decorative keyhole with fancy frills around the edge, also worn bare.]
When you look through it, you're supposed to be able to see through a lovely park to the dome of St Peter's Basilica. I don't know if this photo is clear enough to show it, but this morning what I saw...
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Was a landscaper's truck.
[ID: A blurry shot through the Aventine Keyhole, showing a hint of the dome of the basilica, behind a less blurry flatbed truck stocked with landscaping tools.]
Everyone else looked a little sour but I burst out laughing. What an omen. Anyway I walked a block north to the Giardino degli Aranci and
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[ID: The dome of St. Peter's Basilica, a large white dome with a little doodad on top, rising out of the landscape of Roman architecture surrounding it, against a grey-blue sky.]
There's the bitch!
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To be little in front of God
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illustratus · 2 years
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Roma <3
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tixtours · 2 years
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Check out St Peter's Basilica Tour, with Grottoes & Dome Climb in Small Group Max.8 People on Tripadvisor
https://www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionProductReview-g187791-d21060937-St_Peter_s_Basilica_Tour_with_Grottoes_Dome_Climb_in_Small_Group_Max_8_People-Rome.html
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chaosloon · 2 years
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basilica di san pietro
vatican city
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virtualscotland · 2 months
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Exploring the incredible Vatican City - an independent little country within the city of Rome in Italy. Such incredible artwork and architecture.
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firesonahill · 5 months
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St. Peter's Basilica
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Stained Glass Window above the Altar at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Photography by ConspiracyofHappiness on Flickr
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allthingseurope · 1 year
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St Peter’s Basilica, Rome
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famousinuniverse · 13 days
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St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City: The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply Saint Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. Wikipedia
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hopefulkidshark · 27 days
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St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City: The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply Saint Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. Wikipedia
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parthenopehasnograve · 5 months
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View of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica from the "Vittoriano" monument, also known as The Altar of the Fatherland. Rome, Italy (©)
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escapismsworld · 6 months
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📍Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican
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tixtours · 2 years
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St Peter's Basilica Tour, with Grottoes & Dome Climb in Small Group Max.8 People 2022 - Rome
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