Papal Swiss Guards who last week took the oath on the outstretched Bag, bring the total strength of the Guards up to 100, as the Pope decided last year. In this picture, with the flag caught most strikingly by the camera, one of the recruits takes the oath in the Vatican courtyard of St. Damasus. The ceremony, which was watched by the Pope, took place on Friday, the anniversary of the date when in 1527 the Swiss Guards gave their lives in heroic defence of Pope Clement VII during the sack of Rome.
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Geography, Political Geography, Europe, Military Of Vatican City, Roman Curia, Swiss Guard, Sack Of Rome, Pope Clement Vii, Pope, Vatican City
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