St Peter’s Basilica Rome, Roman Church Building, The Vatican Architecture Italy, Picture
St. Peter’s Basilica Rome
San Pietro Basilica Roma: Roman building photographs, Italy – design by Carlo Maderno architect
San Pietro Basilica Roma
The Vatican
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City.
St Peter’s Basilica + St Peter’s Square + Sistine Chapel
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San Pietro : St Peter’s Basilica
St Peters façade
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Design: Carlo Maderno, architect
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter’s is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world.
While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter’s is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as “holding a unique position in the Christian world” and as “the greatest of all churches of Christendom”.
Piazza San Pietro : St Peter’s Square
Date built: 1656-67
Design: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and architect
General photos of the Vatican and St Peter’s Square:
Roman buildings : traditional architecture
photos of the interior:
Corteo di Sisto V – Sistine Chapel
Palazzi e Musei Vaticani
St Peter’s Basilica Building images by adrian welch available upon request:
photos 2816×2112 pixels
Piazza San Pietro architect : Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Location: Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Rome, Italy
Architecture in Rome
Rome Architecture Designs – chronological list
Rome Architecture Walking Tours by e-architect – city walks
Rome architecture : contemporary buildings
Key traditional Architecture in Rome:
St John Lateran – Santa Giovanni in Laterano
The Pantheon
photo © Adrian Welch
Sant’ Andrea di Valle
Facade by Carlo Rainaldi
picture © Adrian Welch
Gesù – Gesu church, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
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