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Yesterday there was some blistering heat, so i thought it would be the best time to go about the city centre...
Actually although the temperature was around 40 C, I had elected to go to San paolo fuori le Mura and to go and try if I could - after all these years - get inside the Vatican museums, reckoning that the church would be cool and the museums air conditioned.
So first stop was the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Saint Paul Ouside the Walls), thus called because it was built way outside the perimeter of the city walls, Really, at the time, it must have been built in the middle of nowhere...
Its construction started at the end of the 4th century on the site where the grave of Saint Paul was said to be.
The grave is still there to be seen inside the church:
( More about Saint Paul and the basilica here )
Actually although the temperature was around 40 C, I had elected to go to San paolo fuori le Mura and to go and try if I could - after all these years - get inside the Vatican museums, reckoning that the church would be cool and the museums air conditioned.
So first stop was the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Saint Paul Ouside the Walls), thus called because it was built way outside the perimeter of the city walls, Really, at the time, it must have been built in the middle of nowhere...
Its construction started at the end of the 4th century on the site where the grave of Saint Paul was said to be.
The grave is still there to be seen inside the church:
( More about Saint Paul and the basilica here )
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