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St Peter's Basilica and Square - John Paul II Funeral
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80 Areas
Inside the Basilica

The Square

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Grottoes-St Peter's Tombs Grottoes

Tombs of Popes
(and others)
Below St Peter's

Colonnade Saints - St Peter's Square Colonnade Saints
 
All 140
Saint Statues
have a page
Necropolis-Scavi

Information on the
Excavations near
St Peter's Tomb
St John Paul II Tomb

Pope St John Paul II
Placed Under the
Altar of St Sebastian

Founder Saints

39 Saints who
Founded Religious Orders
Upper Mosaics
of the Domes


Select detailed images of all the mosaics above the Chapels

Papal Monuments

Monuments of Popes
and some Women

Allegory Statues

Women of
Virtue
Basic Info

This Entrance Sign
will answer many of
your basic questions

Vox Mundi

The Official Tour Guides

Skip the Line

Papal Medallions

56 Portraits
of  Popes
Decorate the Nave

 
Portico Ceiling 
Map of the Artworks
Above the Portico
 
Facade Map
Who's Who On
the Facade
 
 
Places to Pray
A List of the
Top 7 Prayer Spots
in the Basilica
 
 

Treasury Museum
Tour the Items
Kept in the Museum
 
  Images of St Peter's
View Photos of the Basilica
 
 
  Accessible
St Peter's 

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Options
 
  Wind Rose
 
The Wind
Markers of the
Square
 
 
   Sacristy 

Map of the
External Sacristy
and Treasury Museum
 
Confessio - Tomb of St Peter The Confessio  

Looking toward
the Tomb of
St Peter
Choir
Chapel
Maps

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Detail with these Interactive Maps 


Elizabeth Lev
Elizabeth Lev
Top Ten Things
to Visit in the
World's Most
Famous Basilica








Overlay Image 

The old and new Basilica
with the Grottoes and Necropolis
 

Hi-Res Photos

The Central Nave
Old St Peter's
The Pieta
Baptism of Christ
St Peter
St Jude
Sanpietrini
Mosaics




 
SAINT PETER'S by James Lees-Milne ©1967      The Bones of St Peter by John Evangelist Walsh 
 
St Peter's Guide to the Square and Basilica by Nicolo Suffi  The Tomb of St Peter by Marcherita Guarducci 
 
The New St Peter's by Ennio Francia from 'The Vatican and Christian Rome'  Guide to St Peter's Basilica by Fr. Giovanni Giuliani   
 
 

"Whoever arrives in Saint Peter's Square feels immediately welcomed by a spiritual embrace symbolized by the two symmetrical colonnades of Bernini. His glance, however, is spontaneously drawn to the noble wall of travertine over which looms the cupola and on which are arranged eight columns of a single order, like eight giants, supporting in the central position the triangular pediment with the coat of arms of Pope Paul V, who presided over the conclusion of the work. Nor does the spiritual power unleashed by the figure of Christ the Redeemer at the center of the balustrade which crowns the edifice escape the observer. It gives rise to that marvelous vision of apostles, martyrs, confessors, and virgins which goes out from the side of Christ at the apex of the facade and unfolds in a great throng along the entire length of the two arms of the colonnade as though to recall and summarize the history and the mission of the Church, which is that of bearing witness to holiness of life, the Gospel message."

Taken from: The Address of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on the occasion of the ceremony marking the conclusion of the work carried out on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica. 1987


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Maurice & Eloise Howard

 

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