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..........The Pope was nowhere to be seen on this day (it wasn't a Sunday). We only got one fountain in this picture, but there are really TWO identical fountains in St. Peter's Square. And now for a few pictures of the INTERIOR of the Basilica. The pictures are a little dark, so we only took a few which don't come even close to capturing the true immensity and beauty inside,...not to mention the obstacles posed by hundreds of tourists inside at every given moment, which got in the way of our camera action! However, in the picture above of the Piazza and fountain, you can also see how difficult it was to EVEN GET INSIDE, because as I said, OUTSIDE there was a very long and dense line of people waiting, which literally wrapped around the entire Square! Things were never that bad at St. Peter's when I lived there! (So..Romana, being the usual "Efficiency Expert", insisted that WE take a "little shortcut"! lol, Once inside the church, there was much more order, as they only let a certain number of people inside at once.