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So much more is happening in that room beyond the painting, and I wish I could have stayed in there for hours observing.","Aside from the Last Judgement that we are all so familiar with, there are also paintings of Creation of Adam, Fall of Man, and a number of other notable works."],"pop":"0.8k","lang":"Italian","adv":2,"vis":6.0,"rar":90,"daysOnGround":0,"mapsUrl":"","countedDate":"26 Sep 2022","countryNo":0,"firstArrival":{},"hero":"1777576063640-4CD6C087AB844EDDB435/IMG_5974.jpeg","art":"vatican-city"},"ui":{"words":{"signoffTop":"Arrivederci,","signoffEm":"a presto.","signoffGloss":"Until next time."},"copy":{"recap":"A private tour of the Sistine Chapel after closing hours — the most surreal experience we've had in Italy, let alone the Vatican. In through the back door, past gate guards and custodians with hands full of keys, door after door unlocked until we stood in the room that history books are written about. The Last Judgement is a painting you've seen thousands of times, and in person it stops time anyway. We could have stayed in that room for hours."},"facts":[{"idx":"0.44 km²","h":"The smallest country on Earth","p":"Vatican City covers 0.44 square kilometres — New York's Central Park could hold nearly eight of it, and a lap of the walls is a short morning stroll.","chip":null},{"idx":"All of it","h":"A country that is one big World Heritage site","p":"Vatican City is the only country inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list in its entirety — every square metre inside the walls is part of the listing.","chip":null},{"idx":"15,160 m²","h":"The largest church interior anywhere","p":"St. Peter's Basilica encloses the biggest church interior on Earth — brass plates in the marble floor mark where the world's other great cathedrals would end if slid inside.","chip":null},{"idx":"In Latin, please","h":"The world's only Latin ATMs","p":"The Vatican Bank's cash machines famously offer their instructions in Latin — the only ATMs on Earth to speak the language of Cicero.","chip":null},{"idx":"≈ 99 bottles a year","h":"The planet's thirstiest wine list","p":"A tiny adult population, daily communion and a duty-free supermarket add up: the Vatican drinks more wine per person than any country — roughly 99 bottles per resident a year.","chip":null},{"idx":"≈ 300 m of track","h":"The shortest national railway","p":"The Vatican railway runs a few hundred metres from the Italian border to a single marble station — the world's shortest national rail system, used mostly for freight.","chip":null}],"pronti":[],"planning":false,"regionsTotal":null,"regionsNoun":"regions","airportNames":{},"cityMetro":{}},"stats":{"nights":0,"trips":0,"stops":0,"distinctStops":0,"hotels":0,"flights":0,"galleryPhotos":9,"galleryVideos":0,"archivePhotos":12,"places":3,"visited":0,"regions":0,"regionNames":[],"starsEaten":0,"michelinVisited":0,"vineyards50Best":0,"unescoVisited":1,"unescoTotal":1},"outline":{"src":"NE 10m (micro-state)","rings":[[[41.9028,12.4531],[41.903,12.4527],[41.9034,12.4528],[41.9039,12.453],[41.9039,12.454],[41.9028,12.454],[41.9028,12.4531]]],"bbox":[41.75335,42.05335,12.251810912570065,12.654889087429936]},"terrain":{"nb":{"land":[[[42.2034,12.1018],[42.2034,12.8049],[41.6033,12.8049],[41.6033,12.4653],[41.812,12.206],[41.9154,12.1018]]],"lbl":[[41.6149,12.7914,"Italy"]]},"crd":"Natural Earth · HydroRIVERS © WWF · GeoNames"},"trips":[],"stopCoords":{},"gallery":[{"k":"1777576063640-4CD6C087AB844EDDB435/IMG_5974.jpeg","w":3024,"h":4032,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.903044,"lng":12.454253,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063299-3664510E1BAD41259858/IMG_5927.jpeg","w":4032,"h":3024,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.905247,"lng":12.454706,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063293-0569F8B3ED094CF89411/IMG_5910.jpeg","w":5712,"h":4284,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.905706,"lng":12.453586,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063289-A34FAE59D8E54521B606/IMG_5932.jpeg","w":4032,"h":3024,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.906433,"lng":12.454817,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063299-98E5004E5D794A279DE5/IMG_5952.jpeg","w":4032,"h":3024,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.905942,"lng":12.454156,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063291-A87D4D437D5D4B469C35/IMG_5943.jpeg","w":5712,"h":4284,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.90725,"lng":12.454464,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063301-BFAA5321E4764F32A454/IMG_5959.jpeg","w":4032,"h":3024,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.903553,"lng":12.454447,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063640-E58CEC8189374E259EC2/IMG_5962.jpeg","w":5712,"h":4284,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.903511,"lng":12.454428,"trip":-1},{"k":"1777576063641-8D6D581FFD0C43A1A481/IMG_5986.jpeg","w":4032,"h":3024,"dt":"2024-06-15","lat":41.903044,"lng":12.454253,"trip":-1}],"clips":[],"map":{"kinds":["restaurant","bar","cafe","hotel","sight","museum","park","shop","food_other","other"],"dots":[[41.9022,12.4539,4,4],[41.9029,12.4534,9,32],[41.9065,12.4536,5,4]],"names":["Saint Peter’s Basilica","Vatican City","Vatican Museums"],"cities":["Città del Vaticano","Vatican City","Vatican City"],"pids":["ChIJWZsUt2FgLxMRg1KHzXfwS3I","","ChIJKcGbg2NgLxMRthZkUqDs4M8"],"labels":[]},"unesco":[{"id":286,"name":"Vatican City","short":"Vatican City","cat":"cultural","year":1984,"lat":41.9022,"lng":12.4574,"v":true,"img":"unesco/0286.jpg","credit":"Jean-Pol GRANDMONT","lic":"CC BY-SA 3.0"}],"food":{"counts":{"restaurants":0,"bars":0,"cafes":0,"visitedRestaurants":0,"visitedBars":0,"visitedCafes":0},"michelin":[],"starWish":[],"cards":[],"bars":[],"curated":{"dining":[],"drinking":[],"activities":["Vatican City & St. Peter's Basilica at opening hour","Private tour of the Vatican & Sistine Chapel"]}},"stays":[],"hotelsAlbo":[],"cities":[],"wishlist":[],"flights":{"legs":[],"airports":{},"own":[]},"weather":{"place":"Vatican City","lat":41.9,"lng":12.45,"basis":"representative capital/region","summary":"Vatican City is warmest around Aug (26°C) and coolest around Jan (7°C). 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