Basilica Sancti Petri

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St. Peter's Basilica 

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Instance of	major basilica papal basilica tourist attraction architectural landmark parish church patriarchal basilica (Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, –1964)
Part of	Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome Vatican City
Named after	Saint Peter
Dedicated to	Saint Peter
Patron saint	Saint Peter
Made from material	cement marble
Location	Vatican City
Located on street	Saint Peter's Square
Architectural style	Renaissance architecture baroque architecture
Diocese	Diocese of Rome
Architect	Michelangelo Giuliano da Sangallo Donato Bramante Raphael Giovanni Giocondo Antonio da Sangallo the Younger Baldassare Peruzzi Bernardo Rossellino Giacomo della Porta Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Pirro Ligorio Carlo Maderno Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Has part(s)	Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Founded by	Julius II
Heritage designation	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
Inception	18 April 1506
Significant event	dedication (1626) start of construction (1506)
Width	150 m
Length	220 m
Height	136.6 m
Religion or worldview	Catholicism
Structure replaces	Old St. Peter's Basilica
Cost	46,800,052 ducat
Visitors per year	11,000,000 (2018)
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41° 54′ 08″ N, 12° 27′ 12.3″ E
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Deutsch: Petersdom in Rom.

English: St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Rome is the largest church in the world. The square in front of the facade of St. Peter's is called St. Peter's square.

Español: Basilica de San Pedro en Roma

Euskara: San Petri basilika, Erroma.

Français : Basilique Saint-Pierre de Rome.

Italiano: Basilica di San Pietro a Roma.

Nederlands: Sint Pietersbasiliek in Rome.

Polski: Bazylika św. Piotra w Watykanie.

Čeština: Bazilika svatého Petra ve Vatikánu, Řím

Português: Basílica de São Pedro no Vaticano, Roma.

Русский: Базилика Святого Петра в Ватикане, Рим.

Українська: Собор Святого Петра у Ватикані, Рим

• Angels Bridge and Basilica di San Pietro (view at night)

• La Basilica e il Ponte Sant'Angelo (notturno)

• Angel on Sant'Angelo Bridge (view towards Basilica di San Pietro)

• St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City) at Night

• St Peter's Basilica (Vatican City) at Night

• Basilica di San Pietro at night

• Front at night

• Basilica from bridge St. Angelo

• from a roof

• Basilica and vatican from St. Angelo

• Saint Peter's square from the dome

• View from the roof of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome

• Facciata della Basilica di San Pietro - Città del Vaticano

• Saint Peter

• Doors

• Nave of the Basilica

• View at the choir

• Nave, cupola on the left entrance on the right side

• Baldachin and nave of the Basilica

• Baldachin & transept of the Basilica

• Baldachin

• Dome

• Baroque Baldachin of Bernini

• Baldachin & dome of the Basilica

• Inside of the Basilica di San Pietro

• Interior

• inside cupola (1)

• St. John

• St. Andrew

• inside cupola (2)

• Tomb of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus

• In the main nave

• Inside the Basilica of San Pietro

• Sacristy

• Inside dome of Saint Peter's Basilica

• Dome of the Basilica di San Pietro

•   The cupola seen from a gallery in the Vatican Museums

• Detail (window)

• Morning

• Night

• Dome at night

• St. Peter's Basilica seen through a keyhole at the Villa Malta

• vista da Borgo S. Spirito

• Figures on top of the Basilica di San Pietro

• Clock on the top of facade (left)

• Clock on the top of facade (right)

• Statue of San Pietro, outside the Basilica

• Statue of San Paolo, outside the Basilica

• St. Paul in front of St. Peter's Basillica

• A statue which stands outside St. Peter's Basillica in his eponymous piazza.

• Contessa Matilde

• La tomba della regina Cristina

• Tomba di Papa Leone XI

• Pietro Bracci – Monument to Maria Clementina Sobieski

• Monument to Alexander VII

• Monument to Alexander VII (Detail: Truth, by Morelli and Cartari in Monument to Alexander VII)

• Monument to Alexander VII (Detail:"La Verdad" pisa Inglaterra en Monumento en honor a Alejandro VII)

• Cathedra Petri

• San Pietro

• San Pietro "vestito"

• San Pietro

• Helena of Constantinople

• Statue von Andrea Bolgi: Helena mit dem Kreuz Christi in der Peterskirche in Rom

• Monument to Pope Pius VIII, by Pietro Tenerani

• Equestrian statue of Charlemagne by Agostino Cornacchini (1725).

• I fedeli davanti alla statua di San Pietro

• FloorPlan from the Early Christian Basilica.

• 1891 drawing by HW Brewer

• Floorplan of the Circus of Nero in relation to the old St. Peter's

• Sheet with several stages of Donato Bramante's project, 1505–6 (Uffizi 20A)

• Foundation medal by Caradosso (Cristoforo Foppa) depicting a design by Bramante, 1506

• Reconstruction of a design by Bramante

• La cupola, su tamburo colonnato, progettata da Bramante

• Progetto di Antonio da Sangallo: la facciata

• Michelangelo's design superimposed on the plan of the basilica as built

• Sezione longitudinale del progetto michelangiolesco

• Il progetto originario di Piazza San Pietro

• I piloni iniziati da Bramante

• La nuova basilica in costruzione

• Braccio costruito dal Maderno

• Sezione della basilica secondo il progetto di Maderno

• Plan of the basilica as completed by Carlo Maderno

• Rotated plan of St. Peter's Basilica

• Painting by Viviano Codazzi, 1630

• Hasekura visiting the pope in Rome, 17th. century

• Painting with St Peters in the back

• Illumination de la Croix du Careme

• Illumination de la Croix du Careme

• Model of old St. Peter's basilica

• Michelangelo che da il modellino di San Pietro a Giulio II.jpg

• Model of Vatican City with Saint Peter's Basilica

• 1:25 scale model at Tobu World Square

• Model of St. Peter's basilica

• List of Popes

• Piazza San Pietro, c. 1858

• 1900

• Saint Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica, 1909

• Piazza San Pietro