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Monuments Episode 28: St Peter's Basilica & the Sistine Chapel
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This week's monuments are St Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the world, and the Sistine Chapel, with its famous ceiling painted by Michelangelo, both found in the Vatican City in Rome.
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