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„McDonald‘s v Vatikanu odprl vrata kljub
protestu kardinalov..“
„Le proteste non fermano McDonald’s: aperto
il fast food vicino al Vaticano!“
Of course, I also read that Mc Donald‘s
wants to open its burger restaurant in the Va-
tican and I had fun with different reactions.
This was at a time when we were preparing
the jubilee tenth year of the „Cistercian Seal“
competition of sacral and kosher wines in
Moravia and I went to the Vatican to negoti-
ate support and find out what kind of wine
can be considered sacral, church, altar, con-
secrated and who has the right to decide on
such a privilege. After all - the competition is
very nice, probably the only one of this type
in the world and it takes place every year.
And when I was already in the Vatican, of a chain is. What kind of journa-
course I wanted to take a look at the McDo- list and PR teacher would I be
nald‘s that caused so much stir. if I didn‘t go see it? So, I followed the McD
You should know that there is a custom in signs.
Rome to have small signs on the electric po- In the peak season, the queue to the Va-
les, showing where the nearest company of tican Museums begins in Piazza del Risorgi-
mento, from where it leads in the opposite
direction to the Vatican itself to St. Peter‘s
Square. There I discovered 6 signs on the
pillars attracting people to McDonalds Via
Giulio Cesare in 3 minutes.
I went there, it was over half a kilometer but
in the direction away from the Vatican and in
the end I found a real McDonald‘s under the
scaffolding. Nice, big and new. I took some
pictures of it, went inside and asked what
was going on and whether anyone was co-
ming there to demonstrate in front of the
restaurant. The waitress laughed, saying that
I was not alone and that people had come
there asking the same question but this is not
the restaurant. The new one is in Piazza Papa
Pio XII.
Piazza Pappa Pio XII is really at the gate of
the Vatican, from which you enter directly into
Bernini‘s colonnade lining St. Peter‘s Square.
However, there is no McDonald‘s there! Just
a cafe, ice cream shop, pilgrimage souvenir
shop Sklep Polski - mówi się po Polsku, snack
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