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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DOME, WHOSE WORK BEGAN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRAMANTE AND SANGALLO, WERE PURSUED BY MICHELANGELO AND WERE COMPLETED BY GIACOMO DELLA PORTA AND DOMENICO FONTANA IN 1590. ON THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE DOME IS WRITTEN, IN LETTERS OF 2 METERS HIGH: TV ES PETRVS AND SVPER HANC PETRAM AEDIFICABO ECCLESIAM MEAM. TIBI DABO CLAVES REGNI CAELORVM. IN ENGLISH : "YOU ARE PETER AND ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH, I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." THE DOME RISES TO 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. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - St. Peter s Basilica

Illustration - St. Peter s Basilica

Michelangelo's main dome in St. Peter's basilica and the inscriptions "tv es petrvs et svper hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam" (you are peter, and on this rock i will build my church), "diligo te inc vna fides" (i love you without doubt) and on the side arch "conversus confirma fratres tuos", taken from the gospel according to st. luke (22, 32), words of christ to peter "and you, when you have returned, strengthen your brothers", on May 2, 2025 at the Vatican. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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