Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : THE DOME, WHOSE WORK BEGAN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRAMANTE AND SANGALLO, WAS PURSUED BY MICHELANGELO AND WAS COMPLETED BY GIACOMO DELLA PORTA AND DOMENICO FONTANA IN 1590. THE DOME RISES AT A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 136.57 METERS FROM THE FLOOR OF THE BASILICA TO THE TOP OF THE CROSS THAT SURMOUNTS IT. ITS INSIDE DIAMETER IS 41.47 M. IN THE CENTER, THE LANTERN OF THE DOME, MADE BY FONTANA. IN THE CENTER OF THE LANTERNON, A REPRESENTATION OF GOD. ON THE PERIMETER IS WRITTEN: "S. PETRI GLORIAE SIXTVS V. V. A. M. D. PONTIF V. V." IN FRENCH: "TO THE GLORY OF ST. PETER, SIXTUS V, POPE IN 1590, FIFTH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE." Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM