One of the most powerful sights in Vatican City was the priests and nuns among the hordes of tourists taking photos, gawking at sculptures and gazing up at frescoes.
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St. Peterskirche
This church boasts the largest clock face in Europe (8.7 meters in diameter, compared to Big Ben’s 6.9). The late Romanesque-Gothic tower contains five bells from the late-1800’s, the largest one weighing six tons. St. Peterskirche is the oldest church in Zürich, with origins back to the 900’s. The city’s first mayor, Rudolf Brun, acquired […]
