This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...

This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...

This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...

This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...

This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...

This section of a larger Library of Congress site briefly explains the city of Rome and its recovery during the 1500s and 1600s and includes maps and drawings of the city during that time. In addition, you'll find images of a number of...

A series of pictures showing various scenes and buildings from the famous center of the Catholic Church. Scroll down the page to view the other pcitures.

An image of "St Peter's and the Vatican Palace", created by Maerten Van Heemskerck during the 1530's (Pen and ink, 276 x 623 mm).

An image of "Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican Palace", created by Giovanni Antonio Dosio from 1558-61 (Drawing).

An image of "Rome: View of St Peter's and the Vatican Seen from Prati Di Castello", created by Caspar Andriaans Van Wittelz (Oil on canvas, 46 x 76 cm).

Covering information on the Room of Constantine, the Room of Heliodorus, the Room of the Segnatura and the Room of the Fire in the Borgo, this site provides information on the four rooms known as the Stanze of Raphael.

Picture of St. Peters and a very brief description which coins the basilica as "the greatest church of Chritendom."

Picture of St. Peters and a very brief description which coins the basilica as "the greatest church of Chritendom."

Access scans of manuscripts belonging to the Vatican Library that were instrumental to the growth and development of humanism in Renaissance Italy.

Take a tour of Virtual Rome. See virtual panoramas such as the Roman Colosseum, St. Peter and the Vatican, the Roman Forum and the Aventine.

This University of Toronto site contains links to selected poetry of John Milton. The poems also contain notations.

This encyclopedia entry explores theocracy the world over, including the later 20th century growth of Muslim theocracies.

This was a Library of Congress exhibition from 1993 that includes information and artifacts regarding: archaeology, humanism, mathematics, music, medicine, nature, and more.

This site provides the actual full text of the Lateran Treaty that Benito Mussolini made with the Vatican.

An audio slideshow narrated by NY Times correspondent Laurie Goodstein, in April 2005, about the life of Joseph Ratzinger and how he came to be elected Pope Benedict XVI. Discusses the pope's early life in Germany and how he was shaped...

A long and detailed article from November 1996 discussing Pope John XXIII's life that highlights how his ministry was inspiring.

Learn more about who the Pope is and what he does through this informational website. Also includes information on how the Pope is chosen and a brief biography of Pope John Paul II.

Wikipedia offers this explanation of theocracy and provides links to various examples.

What a terrific site! Many museums are listed, described, and contents revealed.