Explore the stunning statues within St. Peter’s Basilica. Learn the stories behind these Vatican masterpieces & immerse yourself in the heart of religious art.

The grand facade of St Peter's Basilica is crowned with thirteen colossal stone statues. In the centre stands Christ the Redeemer (6 metres high), and you may be forgiven for assuming that he is flanked by his 12 apostles.

St. Peter's is a church built in the Renaissance style located in the Vatican City west of the River Tiber and near the Janiculum Hill and Hadrian's Mausoleum. Its central dome dominates the skyline of Rome. The basilica is approached via St. Peter's Square, a forecourt in two sections, both surrounded by tall colonnades.

Explore the Vatican Necropolis under the central nave of Saint Peter's Basilica, rich in ancient Roman and early Christian tombs. Here, you can retrace the ancient path leading to Saint Peter's tomb, deep within the foundations of the original basilica commissioned by Constantine.

The famous bronze statue of St. Peter is placed against the pillar of St. Longinus, above an alabaster base that was executed in 1757 by Carlo Marchionni. In this statue St. Peter is seated on a marble see from the early Renaissance, dressed with the philosophical stole, with his left hand holding the keys close to his chest and the right ...

The solemn, luminous portico, richly decorated with stucco and medallions depicting scenes from the construction of the Old Saint Peter's Basilica, with statues of the first thirty two martyred popes is so noble and majestic as to seem like a basilica itself.

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The statue of St. Peter is iconographically faithful to the noteworthy pictures and sculptures of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; however, it especially expresses inspiration and sentiment, thereby showing the artist's reaction to the academic rigor of the era.

Returning to the central nave you will meet the famous statue of St. Peter blessing, a bronze work attributed almost by the critics to the sculptor Arnolfo di Cambio (1245-1302); some scholars argue instead that it dates back to the fifth century.

2023年11月19日 · The basilica is the burial place of Saint Peter and past popes. This is where you’ll find the famous Bernini Baldachin canopy and Michelangelo’s tragically beautiful Pieta. In this St. Peter’s guide, I identify the top 20 things to see at Italy’s most famous church.