place
The Vatican
Vatican
also: Ватикан
The papal palace and museum complex in Rome, adjoining St. Peter's Basilica; Chekhov reports visiting it on 3 (15) April 1891, the same day he leaves Rome for Naples.
Reading notes
- To I. P. Chekhov, April 1891. Rome. §5 the Vatican
Visited the same day., written two days earlier and addressed to his uncle Mitrofan, which Chekhov says he is writing from inside the Vatican itself.