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Ciudad del Vaticano
1. City State of Vatican
Saint Peter’s square, the Basilica with its cupola, and part of Vatican’s architectonic complex.
2. St Peter Square
The square, the Colonnade, the Obelisk, and the Basilica’s façade built on Bramante’s
project, had its corner stone laid in 1506.
3. St Peter Basilica
Construction on the present basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on
April 18, 1506 and was completed in 1626.
4. ...between the rows of the Colonnade that surrounds the square…
St Peter Square
5. Fountain the south one by Maderno (1613) and the northern one by Bernini (1675).
This is the one by Maderno
St Peter Square
6. Pope’s security guard
The Swiss Guard stands at the Bronze Doors, an entrance to the Apostolic Palace at the end of the right
colonnade. The Guards may be approached to obtain tickets to the Wednesday Papal Audience.
13. The dimensions of the Basilica, engraved in the floor, are impressive: 700 ft (211.50 m)
(including portico), 611 ft (186.30 m) (without portico)…
St Peter Basilica
14. …144 ft (44 m) high; the dome has 446 ft (136 m) in height.
St Peter Basilica
17. High Altar – work of Bernini, built between 1656 and 1658
St Peter Basilica
18. Interior view – Bernini’s Baldachin is in foreground
St Peter Basilica
19. The baldaquin - a monumental canopy that shelters the papal altar and the holy relics of St. Peter.
St Peter Basilica
20. Made of dark bronze accented with gold vine leaves, it was created by Lorenzo Bernini from
1624 to 1633 under the direction of Barberini pope Urban VIII. It is 95.1 ft (29 m) high.
St Peter Basilica
21. The spiral columns derive their shapes from the columns in the original Basilica built by
Constantine, and legend had it that they came from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
St Peter Basilica
22. Baldachin in forefront, High Altar in background, and St. Hellene’s sculpture at right side.
St Peter Basilica
29. View into the right transept from the gallery of the central dome
St Peter Basilica
30. A dove representing the Holy Spirit inside a golden sunburst under the canopy of Bernini's,
and the interior of Michelangelo’s cupola.
St Peter Basilica
31. The dome of St. Peter's was designed by Michelangelo, who became chief architect in 1546.
St Peter Basilica
33. Entrance to the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament
St Peter Basilica
34. Blessed Sacrament Chapel - This splendid and solemn chapel is an artistic gem, decorated by
Bernini. But what concerns devotes here is this’the best place to pray, and this chapel has been
described as "the very soul of the Basilica".very soul of the Basilica".
St Peter Basilica
35. Ceiling in the tribune at the west end
St Peter Basilica
45. Impressive from its solemnity look and silence, the Crypt at the Basilica’s underground,
is where is the majority of deceased Popes sarcophagus.
St Peter Basilica
47. After being declared Blessed, the body of Pope John XXIII was brought up from the crypt and placed
under the St. Jerome’s Altar, which has become a popular devotion site ever since.
St Peter Basilica
48. The last chapel contains the baptismal font. The mosaic in the baptistry shows
the Baptism of Christ.
St Peter Basilica
50. Polish mourners at the funeral of the Poland-born Pope John Paul II
St Peter Basilica
51. The Tomb of John Paul II has become the main reason many
people visit St Peter's.
St Peter Basilica
52.
53. ...and it’s in this Holy place for Catholic religion that rests forever the
remains from St. Peter to John Paul II…
St Peter Basilica
54. Photo imagery – from Internet, with credits to authors, or from
Wikipedia’s site www.wikipedia.org
Music – Mozart - Requiem, k626 – Lacrimosa
Research, compilation and format : Delza Dias Ferreira
delzadfer@hotmail.com
Colaboration and English version : Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil – São Paulo – May 2008