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# Hand on travertine (Vatican wall)
- URL: https://www.readingrome.com/hand-on-travertine-vatican-wall/
- Published: 2026-10-13T10:30:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T10:30:19.000Z
- Author: Maria Chugrova

This is the travertine of the Vatican walls — same stone type the colonnade and half of ancient Rome were built from. The hand belongs to a child testing whether it feels as rough as it looks. It does. RR