An extended weekend in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe is also a way to spend one of the cold winter weekends and at the same time end the year in a not quite usual way. Rome is really a very interesting and beautiful city with a rich cultural and historical tradition, especially the number of monuments and religious symbols surpasses other cities by at least one whole level. In the Vatican City, which is part of it, these religious symbols and icons multiply even more. Whether they are churches, temples, or just "small" signs of Christianity, there are so many of them everywhere that an ardent historian or believer will find here an abundance of what is scarce or in much smaller quantities elsewhere. One or the other can spend endless days, weeks or even years here studying these monuments and there will still be more to discover. Of course, even for the classic tourist, these are things that the mind remains standing over; such unusual, huge and incredibly lavishly decorated altars, statues, etc. are not seen anywhere else in such a quantity.

Rome (Italian and Latin Roma, also called the Eternal City) is the capital of Italy, the region of Lazio and the province of Roma. It is one of the oldest European cities founded more than 2,700 years ago (according to Roman tradition, it happened on April 21, 753 BC). For centuries it was the capital of the Roman Empire, the most powerful European power of antiquity.

Vatican City (officially the Vatican City State) is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of walled enclosures within the city of Rome. It is the seat of the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church. It occupies an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres). The Vatican City was founded in 1929, on the basis of the Lateran Treaties, signed by Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, on behalf of the Holy See, and Prime Minister Benito Mussolini on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.