Ok, you knew this was coming... This is another must see - the world's largest Christian church, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano. And wow is it grand! You could fit my two story house with a basement and an attic inside it many times over. It's hard to imagine anything being so large, and it's even hard to grasp its size when you're inside it. Man was not made to make sense of vast spaces like that. It covers an area of 2.3 hectares (or 5,7 acres). You could fit over 80 000 people inside it.
They started building the basilica in 1506 and it took a whopping 120 years to finish! Can you imagine! Several of the architects didn't even live to see it finished!
In the middle, underneath the altar you'll find what is considered to be the tomb of St Peter himself, as well as tombs of many popes. We went down there but, just like at the Sistine Chapel, photography was prohibited.
/MrsHjort
Now here, that yellow ceiling works! :) The one of the ceiling is nice (though it makes one think it is stretched). ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob. Stretched... Huh... I never thought of that. I haven't stretched it, but it looks like the wide angle did... Hmmmm...
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