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\"2014-06-28<\/a>Today we had an official tour of St. Peter’s Basilica. It was awesome to hear all of the intricate details to each meticulously crafted aspect of the building. One of the things that I found interesting was how even though the building was commenced under one specific Pope, there was so much in the Basilica involving others. Another thing that I really loved was seeing the statue by Michael Angelo. Despite the fact that it humbling enough to make me feel like I have not, and probably will not accomplish that much, the statue was absolutely beautiful. I hate myself for forgetting it, but Jill told us the word used for describing the statue that meant a sort of passion, but had a lot more depth than our English word. All of the negatives and positives balancing out the statue were incredible. In addition to the aspects of the sculpture itself, the story with it had so much to it as well! This Michael Angelo’s first major piece with recognition. Not only that, but it was also attacked and fortunately restored. So, not only did the art have so much to it, but what it brought with it had a lot, too. I wouldn’t feel uneasy about saying that that was my favorite piece of the trip.<\/p>\n

After the Basilica, we went to Castel Sant’Angelo. The building was really cool and medieval looking. It was so interesting to walk around. I remember watching a video last semester about Castel Sant’Angelo involving the Medici and seeing the Pope hide, and that memory definitely made the experience more vivid of the history. It still blows my mind that I’m seeing all of this in person when I just learned about it (in a text book!!) barely months ago.<\/p>\n

I’m still amazed by all that we were able to see. Every day on this trip I am shown more history in this city than I knew existed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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