A bell chimed the hour of the Castel Gandolfo, the Papal summer residence, the Swiss Guards swung shut and bolted the massive outer doors, they saluted and hung up their halberts.
在教皇的夏日别墅冈多菲堡,钟声响起了,瑞士警卫慢慢关上巨大的外门并推上门闩,他们举起手中的戟致礼。
6The Vatican: Swiss guards keep watch as pilgrims file past St Peter's basilica to pray at the coffin of the late pope John Paul II following his beatification Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP
6/ 12梵蒂冈(The Vatican):瑞士卫兵目送着宣福礼过后,为已故教皇约翰保罗二世棺木祈祷朝圣的人群从圣彼得大教堂前经过。
Swiss Guards stand tall in their swearing-in garb of armor and plume. The annual ceremony recalls the 1527 Sack of Rome, when 147 guards died helping Pope Clement VII escape German invaders.
一年一度的宣誓就职仪式总能使人想起1527年洗劫罗马之战,当时147名卫兵为保护罗马教皇克莱门特七世从德国入侵者手中脱逃而殉职。
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