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Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, features a grand Renaissance facade with columns and a large central dome under a clear blue sky. Pope Francis: A Life in Pictures Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica: Presentation Chapel Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica, altar of St. Gregory the Great Marble sculpture Pieta by Michelangelo shows the Virgin Mary seated and holding the lifeless body of Jesus across her lap, displayed against a marble wall in St. Peter's Basilica. Saint Peter's baldachin by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, a large bronze canopy with twisted columns, stands over the ornate high altar in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added media and a module of related content. May 27, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Sacred Destinations - St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Feb 09, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - St. Peter's Basilica. Oct 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Basilica of St. Peter. May 09, 2024
Media added. Mar 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Making of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (Draft Paper). Co-author: Rutika Parulkar. Oct 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Smart History - Saint Peter’s Basilica. Jan 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - St. Peter�s Basilica, Vatican City. Sep 02, 2022
Added information on its architectural and religious importance and mentioned some of the relics that are housed in the church. Nov 08, 2021
Corrected display issue. Feb 14, 2020
Media added. Sep 07, 2016
Added video. Jan 28, 2015
Added video. Dec 10, 2014
Image of Michelangelo's Pietà added. Jan 28, 2011
Clarified that St. Peter's is in Vatican City, an enclave in Rome. Nov 25, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - St. Peter's Basilica. Feb 17, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - St. Peter's Basilica And The Sistine Chapel. Feb 16, 2009
Added new Web site: Italian Government Tourist Board - The Saint Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums. Aug 06, 2008
Added new Web site: Sacred Destinations - St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Aug 06, 2008
Added new Web site: Romaclick - St Peter's Basilica and The Vatican. Aug 06, 2008
Added new Web site: A View on Cities - St. Peter's Basilica. Aug 06, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Saint Peter's Basilica. Jul 16, 2008
Article revised. Feb 18, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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