St. Peter’s Basilica

Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City, Italy

1506 construction began; 1626 completed

Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno, Gian Lorenzo Bernini

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior view from Piazza San Pietro

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior view from Piazza San Pietro

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior

St. Peter's Basilica - obelisk

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior detail

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior portico end facade and pediment.

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior detail

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior detail

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior detail at portico.

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior portico

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior portico

St. Peter's Basilica - view of main basilica dome.

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior dome detail

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior dome detail

St. Peter's Basilica - view of Rome from basilica dome.

St. Peter's Basilica - basilica roofscape

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior detail

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior detail

St. Peter's Basilica - statuary on roof

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior dome detail

St. Peter's Basilica - exterior domes

St. Peter's Basilica - view of apse interior.

St. Peter's Basilica - altar canopy

St. Peter's Basilica - altar canopy detail

St. Peter's Basilica - interior view of nave and transept.

St. Peter's Basilica - interior view of dome

St. Peter's Basilica - dome oculus

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