Wednesday, October 7, 2015

VATICAN CITY - St Peter's Basilica

Thank you so much to Lucy for sending me card from her vacation.  My first written and stamp card from Vatican city comes as country #151 on my list.

The card reads: St Peter's. The Basilica is the work of great artists from the Roman renaissance; L. B. Alberti, Bramante, Raffaello, Michelangelo.


"Vatican City (officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano), is a walled enclave within the city of Rome. With an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of 842, it is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population."


The stamp was issued on 19 February 2015, it is 1 of a set of 4 issued to commemorate Pontificate of Pope Francis 2015.

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