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Travel Bites 968: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

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The popes’ vast collection leads through ancient Greek and Roman masterpieces, Raphael’s celebrated frescoes, and miles of sumptuous galleries to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel — a breathtaking journey through Western art and faith.

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