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| St. Peter's |
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| St. Peter's Nave |
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| Entrance Loggia St. Peters |
St. Peter's is known as the seat of the Catholic Church. It is also known for the magnificent dome designed by Michelangelo, but it's history is much much longer than that.
It all started when a shrine was built over the tomb of St. Peter in the 2nd century, then it grew and grew and grew.Sort of like the line to get in, however less then twenty minutes and we were inside.
The length of the nave is 715 feet long, the dome reaches a staggering 448 feet and the piazza enveloped in the sweeping arms of Bernini's arcade can hold thousands of worshipers.
The inside just seems so huge. It's hard to describe so here are the pictures.
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| Nave of St. Peter's |
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| Dome of St. Peter's |
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| Nave of St. Peter's |
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| "Throne" of St. Peter by Bernini |
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| Baldacchino by Bernini |
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| Statue of St. Peter |
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| Tomb by Benini Pope Alexander VII |
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| Facade of St. Peter's completed in 1614 |
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