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Photo gallery of Vatican City

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The new nave and aisles of St. Peter’s were commissioned by Paul V Borghese and built by Carlo Maderno in 1608-12. The mosaic inscription …

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The Pietà was carved out of a single block of Carrara marble by Michelangelo, who added his signature and the adjective “fiorentino” (Florentine) to …

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On one panel of the Door of Good and Evil, the sculptor Minguzzi commemorated Vatican Council II (1962-65).  

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The five bronze doors of the basilica open onto the Atrium: the Door of Death by Giacomo Manzù (1964), donated by Msgr. George of …

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Pope John Paul II crosses the threshold of the Holy Door at the beginning of the 1983 Jubilee. Traditionally, the Holy Door is opened …

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The Holy Door is the main door of St Peter’s Basilica. It was carved in 1445 for Constantine’s Basilica by the Florentine artist, Antonio …

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From the very entrance, the main theme of the basilica is evident. The vast central nave with its barrel vaulting 44 meters above ground; …

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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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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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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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