Italy

Capri Island

Cinque Terre

Florence

Milan

Naples

Pisa

Rome

Siena

Vatican City

Venice

Vatican City is the world's smallest, independent, sovereign state, it occupies 106 acres, surrounded by  high walls watched over by the Vatican Guard.

What other nation  is as small as New York's Central Park? It can be crossed  at a leisurely pace in less than an hour. But in spite  of its size, The Vatican City for the symbolic significance  is on a par with nations many million times larger.

The Laocoon Group 2nd century BC

This magnificent group was found in 1506 in the ruins of Nero's Golden House. It represents the Trojan Priest with his two sons being crushed to death by snakes as a penalty for warning the Trojans about the wooden horse. The human pain and moral suffering are depicted with great pathos. This masterpiece exercised a powerful influence on Renaissance statuary.

Transfiguration By Raphael  

In Raphael's last work, Christ is bathed in supernatural light, rising to the heaven accompanied by Moses and the Prophet Elijah, while the apostles lie terrorized on the ground. This admirable work was given new splendor after its recent restoration