Of the entrance into the celebrated city of Rome, the audience with the Supreme Pontiff Gregory XIII, and of the sacred palace and the most august church of St Peter

This chapter presents an account of Japaneses travellers' experience on their visit to the celebrated city of Rome, the audience with the Supreme Pontiff Gregory XIII, and of the sacred palace and the most august church of St Peter. The travellers describe the structure of the churches and about the rites and ceremonies held in the city of Rome. The Villa Giulia built by Julius II and designed by Vignola, located near the Porta Flaminia (now the Porta del Popolo), historically the main entrance to the city and the one through which protocol dictated embassies should make their formal entry after spending the night outside the gates. The entry into Rome and the procession to the Vatican echoed the imagined pomp and ceremony of the Roman triumph.