Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Vatican - St. Peter's Basilica


Città del Vaticano
ST. PETER'S
The Basilica is the work of great artists from the Roman Renaissance : L.B. Alberti, Bramante, Raffaello, Michelangelo.

Sent by Eric, A TravBuddy frined from Germany. Thank to Eric for the stamp and postmark of Vatican.

This is from Wikipedia : The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as the Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world, holding 60,000 people. It is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom" (read further).


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