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Florence holiday spiritual.
In Florence Italy you can find several of the most importants monuments
and churches of the catholic world. The Basilica of St. Maria Del Fiore,
built at the start of the 4th century, was rebuilt by Pope Julius II, at
the
beginning of the 16th century under the direction of Bramante. Michelangelo
added the famous cupola del Duomo. Other important churches are: Santa Maria
Novella and Santa Croce abbey, where you can sell also the statue of Dante
Alighieri. Dante divine comedy is the most important christian medieval
poem. Please visit our page related to
florentine churches.
The capital of Catholic world is Vatican in Rome: through
the eyes of its artists and architects, you will see the splendors of
some of the greatest
treasures of Western civilization: Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling
and Pieta, the Apollo Belvedere, Raphael's School of Athens and much more
inside the Vatican museum.
The Pope Benedict XVI is the catholic bishop of Rome and
ex officio supreme spiritual leader of the Catholic Communion (in other
words the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches ).
In addition to his spiritual role, the Pope is also monarch of the independent,
sovereign State of the Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by the city
of Rome.
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