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City State of VaticanSaint Peter’s square, the Basilica with its cupola, and part of Vatican’s architectonic complex... St Peter BasilicaConstruction on the present basilica, over the ol

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City State of Vatican

Saint Peter’s square, the Basilica with its cupola, and part of Vatican’s architectonic complex.

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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

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St Peter Basilica

Construction on the present basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on

April 18, 1506 and was completed in 1626

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between the rows of the Colonnade that surrounds the square…

St Peter Square

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Fountain the south one by Maderno (1613) and the northern one by Bernini (1675)

This is the one by Maderno

St Peter Square

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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

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Carlo Maderno’s Porch – narthex and portal

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Narthex ceiling

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Narthex ceiling - detail

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The bronze Holy Door was built by the sculptor Vico Consori in 1950

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Mosaic of St Peter - over Porta Santa

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Holy water stoup

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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)…

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…144 ft (44 m) high; the dome has 446 ft (136 m) in height.

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Detail of interior ceiling

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Top of pillar decoration

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High Altar – work of Bernini, built between 1656 and 1658

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Interior view – Bernini’s Baldachin is in foreground

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The baldaquin - a monumental canopy that shelters the papal altar and the holy relics of St Peter.

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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.

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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

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Baldachin in forefront, High Altar in background, and St Hellene’s sculpture at right side.

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The sculpture representing St Hellene – close-up

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The Confessio, a 17th-century sunken chapel honoring the confession of St Peter

that led to his martyrdom on Vatican Hill.

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The bronze statue of St Peter is attributed to late 13th-century sculptor Arnolfo di Cambio

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St Peter’s tomb is behind the Niche of the Pallium, the illuminated part seen in this photo

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Broad view: confessional, baldachin and High Altar

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Mass office by John Paul II

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View into the right transept from the gallery of the central dome

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A dove representing the Holy Spirit inside a golden sunburst under the canopy of Bernini's,

and the interior of Michelangelo’s cupola

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The dome of St Peter's was designed by Michelangelo, who became chief architect in 1546

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Michelangelo’s dome - interior

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Entrance to the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament

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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".

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Ceiling in the tribune at the west end

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top of arch

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Stuart Monument detail - Antonio Canova, 1817-1819

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Chapel of St Basil the Great - The mosaic replaced the first painting of St Basil,

which was made by Girolamo Muziano

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The most famous and known Pietà of Michelangelo

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…heading to a Council or, who knows, a Conclave.

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The tomb of Pope Alexander VII, by Gianlorenzo Bernini –

1671-1678 Below, there is a real door symbolizing the Gate of Death.

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Detail of lion on the Tomb of Pope Clement XIII by Antonio Canova

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Pope Innocentius statue

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Statue of Charlemagne -1725, Agostino Cornacchini

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Impressive from its solemnity look and silence, the Crypt at the Basilica’s underground,

is where is the majority of deceased Popes sarcophagus.

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Papal tomb in the crypt

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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.

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The last chapel contains the baptismal font The mosaic in the baptistry shows

the Baptism of Christ

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John Paul II lies in State

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Polish mourners at the funeral of the Poland-born Pope John Paul II

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The Tomb of John Paul II has become the main reason many

people visit St Peter's.

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and it’s in this Holy place for Catholic religion that rests forever the

remains from St Peter to John Paul II…

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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

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