St. Peter's Square

Enclaved within the city of Rome is the Vatican City. And within the world's smallest independent state, you see the St. Peter's Square - situated in front of the St. Peter's Basilica.

It is just a wide open space surrounded with quadruple colonnades, forming an elliptical path. On top of each column is a saint or a martyr (as you can see in the photo). This work of art is created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. And indeed he is a genius in terms of archtectural design and symmetry. In fact, if you stand at a certain demarcated point of the square, it gives you an optical illusion turning the quadruple colonnades into a single layer. Brilliant, isn't it?

In the middle of the square you see the infamous obelisk, which is said to have originated from Egypt. I am not sure why it is there nor what's the meaning behind this Egyptian monument erected at the heart of the Roman Catholic seat. So let's leave it at that...

Anyway, aside from these collosal monuments, the swarm of people coming from all shapes, sizes, color, language, and culture forms a sight to behold. Devout followers of the catholic faith and even unbelievers coming from different parts of world converge here for one reason or the other - either for pilgrimmage or for mere sight seeing. ... Man hunting?... Hmmmm, I don't know? As for me, I haven't met him there.. Hahahaha. JokE! So here's me adding the the color and variety of nosy people, curious of having a taste of what's it like to be in St. Peter's Square.