{"id":5445,"date":"2014-06-28T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=5445"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:11:28","slug":"castel-santangelo-the-pieta-and-st-peters-basilica-the-inside-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/castel-santangelo-the-pieta-and-st-peters-basilica-the-inside-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo, the Pieta, and St Peter&#8217;s Basilica (the inside story) by Tyler Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/rome-blog-day-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"rome blog day 7\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/rome-blog-day-7-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>On Saturday even though we didn\u2019t have class we were still up bright and early so we could have Jill show us around. 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