Dead smack in the middle of the eternal city is holy mother church. This is a place one must visit when in Italy. remember: ‘nothing new will be learned of the ancient [western] world, until the archives of the Vatican are plundered.’ Actually that’s not quite how the quote went [everything2.com] and there seems to be some debate on the subject.
You can see the whole Vatican City State, November 2007 photoset on Flickr [flickr.com].