Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 27 : ST. PETER'S CHAIR. BERNINI HAS CREATED A LARGE BRONZE THRONE IN WHICH HE INSERTS THE PULPIT, PLACED HIGH ON FOUR SUPPORTS SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE BRONZE STATUES OF FOUR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, STS. AMBROISE AND AUGUSTINE, REPRESENTING THE LATIN CHURCH, ATHANASIUS AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, FOR THE GREEK CHURCH. BEHIND AND ABOVE THE CATHEDRA PETRI, A BURST OF LIGHT ENTERS THROUGH A YELLOW ALABASTER WINDOW, ILLUMINATING IN THE CENTER, THE DOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE PULPIT IS WELCOMED IN HIS NEW HOUSE BY A GREAT CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 16, 1666. ON THE LEFT, THE TRANSEPT AND THE BALDACHIN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 26 : ST. PETER'S CHAIR. BERNINI HAS CREATED A LARGE BRONZE THRONE IN WHICH HE INSERTS THE PULPIT, PLACED HIGH ON FOUR SUPPORTS SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE BRONZE STATUES OF FOUR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, STS. AMBROISE AND AUGUSTINE, REPRESENTING THE LATIN CHURCH, ATHANASIUS AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, FOR THE GREEK CHURCH. BEHIND AND ABOVE THE CATHEDRA PETRI, A BURST OF LIGHT ENTERS THROUGH A YELLOW ALABASTER WINDOW, ILLUMINATING IN THE CENTER, THE DOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE PULPIT IS WELCOMED IN HIS NEW HOUSE BY A GREAT CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 16, 1666. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - St. Peter s Basilica

Illustration - St. Peter s Basilica

The throne of Saint Peter in The Holy See, made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1657 and 1666, on May 2, 2025 at the Vatican. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guard in the 'Scala Regia' (Royal Staircase) at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on May 26, 2017. It is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the early 16th century, to connect the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1663 to 1666. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guard in the 'Scala Regia' (Royal Staircase) at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on February 18, 2012. It is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the early 16th century, to connect the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1663 to 1666. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM