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Vatican Spiral Staircase

"Life is like a Spiral Staircase with it's
many twists and turns containing various ups and downs.
We must ascend this path to the highest point capturing
the Light and Color that abounds along the way.

The journey to the top is never a straight assent,
but a unique quest circling the reflections of eternity.
The Adventurous will explore and recreate this mystique to the fullest stage of Life"
~WGH~

Momo Staircase

The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world,
and certainty one of the most beautiful.
Designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932,
the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase.
The stairs are actually two separate helixes,
one leading up and the other leading down,
that twist together in a double helix formation.

Little did the Vatican Museum know in 1932 that this
formation would come to represent life itself,
with the discovery of the double helical DNA strand.


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