25 Jan 2025
We had an hour to kill before catching the train to Tivoli, so after stumbling across a huge building, we found our way around to the front and through the security.
Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore. Huge, beautiful, service underway when we walked in. The acoustics were beautiful.
Gold ceilings, marble flooring, stained glass windows lighting up the ceiling as the dawn sun just poked its nose out for the day.
A ceiling in the Sistine Chapel - Nativity Chapel, that had you look up and up and up.
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It was a great way to spend an hour. Although I think judging by the speed that Phil was around that building, no photos, and out the door, that he is well sickened by church wealth.