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Bronze main portal made for Old St. Peter's by Filarete in 1445
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Veronica
Our Lady of the Column Dome
Michelangelo’s Pieta was completed in 1499 when he was 24 years old. It's probably the world’s most famous religious sculpture.
Mosaic of St. Peter
Monument to Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) who relinquished the throne to convert to Catholicism
The tomb of St. John Paul II
You could look down here and see the old floor (from ancient Rome)
St. John XXIII
Altar of the Chair of St. Peter by Bernini, 1666
Michelangelo's Dome, finished by Giacomo della Porta in 1590
You can't tell from this picture, but this is an alabaster window of the Holy Spirit as a dove above St. Peter's Chair
St. Cajetan Thiene (1480-1547) founder of the Order of Clerics Regular (Theatines) by Carlo Monaldi, 1738
Pope Urban VIII commissioned GianLorenzo Bernini to create this spectacular Baldachino in late 1623. Bernini’s 98 foot canopy used 100,000 lbs. of bronze from the portico ceiling of the Pantheon and the same amount from the dome to create the largest bronze structure in the world.
St. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, by Andrea Bolgi, 1635
St. Benedict (ca 480-547) founder of the Benedictines, by Antonio Montauti, 1735
St. Juliana Falconieri (1270-1341) founder of the Servites, by Paolo Campi, 1740
The final masterpiece of GianLorenzo Bernini: the Monument to Alexander VII (1678).
Altar of St. Joseph on the left transcept with a mosaic by Achille Funi, 1963
“The Punishment of the Couple Ananias and Saphira”
Over the door to the Sacristy and Treasury Museum is the Monument to Pius VIII by Pietro Tenerani (1866).
Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Monument to Pius VII (1823-31).
St. Vincent de Paul
St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1607) founder of the Camellians by Pietro Pacilli, 1753
Ryann, Mom & me
Adapted from Ryann's Blog
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