A person walks along the elevated secret narrow 800-meter corridor, known as "Passetto", that runs atop the old Vatican walls between the Popes' Vatican palace and the Castel Sant'Angelo fortress, ...
It all dates back to the late 1400s when guardsmen began serving the Papal States. In 1505, the Swiss bishop Matthaus Schiner, who later became a cardinal, proposed to Pope Julius II the creation of a ...
Armor like a knight on horseback. A helmet with bright-colored plumes sticking out. Wide blue and gold-striped pants that can seem almost clown-like. The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, ...