ST PETER’S SQUARE
A short walk from Santa Maria alle Fornaci Rome
One of the most stupendous sights in the world, when you enter Piazza San Pietro your breath is instantly taken away. Designed by Michelangelo, the columns that surround the piazza are positioned just so that your view is obscured until you actually set foot in the space itself, and are then immediately awe-struck by its sheer size and beauty, with its unmistakeable Egyptian obelisk in the centre.