Rome: Vatican Sights: Swiss Guard

Swiss Guards Corps Swiss Papal Guards are posted at entrances to the Vatican City to provide security and protect the Pope. They wear very colourful clothing, similar to the uniforms worn by Renaissance era soldiers; winter palette of clothing differs from summer palette. Read More »

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Rome: Vatican Sights: Swiss Guard is based on Rome: Vatican by D. Guillaime, Gianfranco D\'Atri, Peter Fitzgerald, Zoltan Csala, Claus Hansen, Call Me Snapps, Denis Yurkin, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.