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

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

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

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss Guard in the Regia Hall in the Apostolic palace at the Vatican on January 24, 2020. The Regia hall was begun under Pope Paul III by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and was completed in 1573. The walls were decorated by Livio Agresti, Giorgio Vasari and Taddeo Zuccari. -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 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