St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City: history, description, pictures.
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St. Peter’s Basilica drawing approx 1535
We know what St. Peter’s looked like in approximately 1535 because of a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck. The new construction did not show …
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The Baldachin in St. Peter’s Basilica
Central to the connection between Michelangelo’s cupola and Peter’s tomb is the superb bronze baldachin by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. In the midst of the …
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Nave and Aisles of Constantine’s Basilica before St.Peter’s Basilica
The Nave and Aisles of Constantine’s Basilica were 118 meters long. They can be seen in a fresco by Domenico Tasselli formerly in the …
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Constantine’s Basilica reconstruction in St. Peter’s Basilica
Constantine’s Basilica reconstruction in St. Peter’s Basilica: Constantine’s Basilica was probably consecrated in 326 by Pope Sylvester I. In front of the entrance was …
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The Cupola in St. Peter’s Basilica
Inside, one is overwhelmed by the gold, the sumptuous statues, the solemn funerary monuments of the popes, and above all by the great scenographic …
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The Althar and the Baldachin
The Altar and the Baldachin. Over the course of the centuries, three altars were placed over the original “memorial” to Peter. The last one, …
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The Necropolis in the Tomb of Peter under St.Peter’s Basilica
The Necropolis below the basilica was covered by Emperor Constantine in the year 320 in order to level off the ground on the spot …
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Tomb of Peter: The Confession
The Confession, a semicircular, outdoor dugout, was designed and decorated by Carlo Maderno in 1600 between the floors of the old and the new …
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Tomb of Peter: a close rapport between Altar and Basilica
The close rapport between tomb-altar-basilica resembles the chain of spiritual succession that is similarly enacted with a ritual like the laying of the hands. …
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Tomb of Peter: how it passed through the centuries
The monument stood at the center of the transept within a great basilica, measuring 110 meters by 55, begun around the year 322 A.D.—a …
