When you admire the architectural merits of St. Peter's Square, pay attention to:
1. Bernini's columns. If you stand at certain points of the square, you can observe the optical effect conceived by Bernini - the columns of all rows of the colonnade line up in one row.
2. Guards of the Vatican. Despite their rather cheerful dress uniform (which, according to legend, was designed by Michelangelo himself), the requirements for the protection of the Vatican are very strict. They must have Swiss citizenship, be between 19 and 30 years old, be at least 174 centimeters tall, have a secondary education and have completed their compulsory military service. They are forbidden to wear mustaches, beards and long hair. And they can marry only with special permission. How!
3. Vatican post. Here you can send home a postcard with a fiery hello. Comes, tested by experience.
And yes, where else can you so easily cross the border, if not in St. Peter's Square, where the border of the Vatican state is marked behind the outer side of the colonnade.
1. Bernini's columns. If you stand at certain points of the square, you can observe the optical effect conceived by Bernini - the columns of all rows of the colonnade line up in one row.
2. Guards of the Vatican. Despite their rather cheerful dress uniform (which, according to legend, was designed by Michelangelo himself), the requirements for the protection of the Vatican are very strict. They must have Swiss citizenship, be between 19 and 30 years old, be at least 174 centimeters tall, have a secondary education and have completed their compulsory military service. They are forbidden to wear mustaches, beards and long hair. And they can marry only with special permission. How!
3. Vatican post. Here you can send home a postcard with a fiery hello. Comes, tested by experience.
And yes, where else can you so easily cross the border, if not in St. Peter's Square, where the border of the Vatican state is marked behind the outer side of the colonnade.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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