The Top 5 Coolest Religious Sites
| February 27, 2015
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4. The Vatican, Vatican City, Italy
Located in the tiniest country in the world in the heart of Rome, The Vatican is home to Saint Peter’s Basilica as well as museums containing some of the most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The hallways of this enormous religious complex contain incredible cultural wealth, including paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Caravaggio. Gaze at the Sistine Chapel ceiling, decorated by Michelangelo, and view the sarcophagi of Constance and Saint Helen, daughter and mother of Constantine the Great.
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