The Plaza de San Pedro prepares for the burning chapel of the Papael transfer in the Plaza de San Pedro is more exaggerated than usual. To the thousands of pilgrims and tourists who go through this iconic enclave of the eternal city every day are added to the faithful who approach to pray or say goodbye to Pope Francis, and the hundreds of journalists who have arrived from everyone to cover this historical event. A group of operators strives to set up a metal platform that the photographers and cameras will use to have a better view of the square. They also install a row of portable bathrooms. The presence of order forces has multiplied since yesterday and the health system of the Lazio region has installed a tent on one of the sides of the square to provide medical assistance if necessary. In the interior there are health personnel, first aid briefcases, tensiometers and several stretchers. Also a large number of stacked water bottles. Outside, Civil Protection, Red Cross and different associations are organized to cover all angles of the square in a few frantic days. “Tomorrow the most complicated days will begin,” warns the person in charge of a gang to his group. While, tourists and pilgrims queue to pass the access security controls to the square. There are those who think that the coffin of Pope Francis already rests in the Basilica of San Pedro, although the Vatican has explained that they will transfer him tomorrow Wednesday. Others, almost oblivious to the news of the day, ask the agents of the Italian police where you can buy tickets to climb to the dome of the Basilica, which offers spectacular views of the city. A uniformed recalls that although access to the dome is paid, the entrance to the basilica is free. Everywhere, also on the Via Della Coniliazione, which gives access to the square and joins two worlds: Italy and the smallest sovereign state in the world, the Vatican, there are journalists and television cameras that ask passers -by for their impressions. (Tagstotranslate) Pope
