Basilica Sancti Petri

Deutsch: Petersdom in Rom.

English: St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Rome is the largest church in the world. The square in front of the facade of St. Peter's is called St. Peter's square.

Español: Basilica de San Pedro en Roma

Euskara: San Petri basilika, Erroma.

Français : Basilique Saint-Pierre de Rome.

Italiano: Basilica di San Pietro a Roma.

Nederlands: Sint Pietersbasiliek in Rome.

Polski: Bazylika św. Piotra w Watykanie.

Čeština: Bazilika svatého Petra ve Vatikánu, Řím

Português: Basílica de São Pedro no Vaticano, Roma.

Русский: Базилика Святого Петра в Ватикане, Рим.

Slovenčina: Bazilika svätého Petra vo Vatikáne

Українська: Собор Святого Петра у Ватикані, Рим

Magyar: Szent Péter-bazilika Rómában.

Exterior[edit]

From Via della Conciliazione[edit]

Night time views[edit]

Angels Bridge and Basilica di San Pietro (view at night)
La Basilica e il Ponte Sant'Angelo (notturno)
Angel on Sant'Angelo Bridge (view towards Basilica di San Pietro)
Basilica di San Pietro at night
St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City) at Night
St Peter's Basilica (Vatican City) at Night

Other[edit]

Early morning
Basilica from bridge St. Angelo
Basilica and vatican from St. Angelo
View from Dome
from a roof
From Tivoli, approximately 20 miles away
Saint Peter's square from the dome
View from the roof of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome
Model of Vatican City with Saint Peter's Basilica
1900

Front[edit]

Main entrance
Front
Front
Front, early morning
Front
Front
Front at night
Maderno's Facade
Saint Peter
Saint Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica, 1909
Facciata della Basilica di San Pietro - Città del Vaticano
facciata
From St. Peter's Square
facciata
facciata
facciata
Front view

Details[edit]

Front view - Top
Doors
The Holy Door
vista dal Colonnato

Interior[edit]

Nave of the Basilica
View at the choir
Nave, cupola on the left entrance on the right side
Baldachin and nave of the Basilica
Baldachin & transept of the Basilica
Baldachin
Dome
Baroque Baldachin of Bernini
Baldachin & dome of the Basilica
Baldachin
Inside of the Basilica di San Pietro
View to the Cathedra Petri
Interior
inside cupola (1)
St. John
St. Andrew
inside cupola (2)
Tomb of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
In the main nave
Inside the Basilica of San Pietro
Mosaic "Tu es Petrus"
Sacristy
Inside dome of Saint Peter's Basilica

Dome[edit]

Dome of the Basilica di San Pietro
Exterior de la cúpula
The cupola seen from a gallery in the Vatican Museums
Detail (window)
cupola
cupola
cupola
Morning
Night
Dome at night
Cúpula de la Basílica de San Pedro by Jose G. Molina
St. Peter's Basilica seen through a keyhole at the Villa Malta
cupola
cupola
vista da Borgo S. Spirito
cupola (grande)
Dome of Saint Peter's
from inside of Vatican

Statues[edit]

Figures on top of the Basilica di San Pietro
Angels detail
Clock on the top of facade (left)
Clock on the top of facade (right)
Statue of San Pietro, outside the Basilica
Statue of San Paolo, outside the Basilica
St. Paul in front of St. Peter's Basillica
A statue which stands outside St. Peter's Basillica in his eponymous piazza.
Contessa Matilde
La tomba della regina Cristina
Tomba di Papa Leone XI
Pietro Bracci - Monument to Maria Clementina Sobieski
La pietà
Monument to Alexander VII
Monument to Alexander VII (Detail: Truth, by Morelli and Cartari in Monument to Alexander VII)
Monument to Alexander VII (Detail:"La Verdad" pisa Inglaterra en Monumento en honor a Alejandro VII)
Cathedra Petri
San Pietro
San Pietro "vestito"
San Pietro
Helena of Constantinople
Statue von Andrea Bolgi: Helena mit dem Kreuz Christi in der Peterskirche in Rom
Monument to Pope Pius VIII, by Pietro Tenerani
Tomb of Pope Pius VII by Bertel Thorvaldsen
Equestrian statue of Charlemagne by Agostino Cornacchini (1725).
I fedeli davanti alla statua di San Pietro

Old St. Peter's Basilica[edit]

FloorPlan from the Early Christian Basilica.
1891 Drawing of St Peter
Floorplan of the Circus of Nero in relation to the old St. Peter's

Renaissance and baroque projects[edit]

Sheet with several stages of Donato Bramante's project, 1505–6 (Uffizi 20A)
Foundation medal by Caradosso (Cristoforo Foppa) depicting a design by Bramante, 1506
Reconstruction of a design by Bramante
La cupola, su tamburo colonnato, progettata da Bramante
Plan de Raphael
Progetto di Antonio da Sangallo: la facciata
Michelangelo's design superimposed on the plan of the basilica as built
Sezione longitudinale del progetto michelangiolesco
Il progetto originario di Piazza San Pietro