The village of San Pietro Infine, near Mignano in Italy is now a ghost town. Ravaged by the bitter fighting for the Winter ...

Piazza San Pietro Rome 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City. Transport: Metro Ottaviano. Opening hours: Basilica open Apr-Sept 7am-7pm daily. Oct-Mar 7am-6.30pm daily.

During the siege of Rome in 1849, the French troops of Napoleon III severely damaged the structure, which was transformed into a hospital and nicknamed by the Romans "San Pietro in mortorio." ...