Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano

Saint Peter's Basilica
Alternative Names
Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano
Basilica Sancti Petri
Date
1506-1626
Work Type
Style/Period

Commissioned by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, on the site of 9th century chapel and supposed burial site of St. Peter. Titular Church served by the Franciscans. Many famous artists have contributed to the decoration of the church over the years, including: Francesco Fontana, Sebastiano del Piombo (nave frescos), Bramante (the Tempietto), Giovanni del Vecchio, Giorgio Vasari (altarpiece), and Bernini (Raimondi chapel).

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See Also
  • Interior: Pietà, Installation View
  • Interior: Monumento a Leone XII, Installation View
  • Interior: Monumento di Pio XI, Installation View
  • Interior: Monumento a Matilde di Canossa, Installation View
  • Interior: Altare di San Girolamo, Installation View
  • Interior: View of Baldachin
  • Interior: Right (North) Nave, St. Madeleine Sophie Barat (top)
  • Interior: Saint Peter's Basilica looking West towards the Altar
  • Detail: View of the head of the Virgin
  • Detail: View of drapery of the Virgin's robes
  • Interior: Mosaic Detail, Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabee Brothers
  • Interior: View in situ
  • Interior: View in situ, Detail
  • Interior Detail: Carving of dove holding an olive branch adjacent to the Chapel of Saint Sebastian
  • Interior Detail: Carving of dove holding an olive branch adjacent to the Chapel of Saint Sebastian
  • Interior: Marble Flooring, Detail
  • Interior: Marble Flooring, Detail
  • Interior: Marble Flooring, Detail
  • Interior: Marble Flooring, Detail
  • Interior: Marble Flooring, Detail
  • Interior: Marble Flooring, Detail
  • Interior: Marble Flooring, Detail
  • Interior: Marble Flooring with a Metal Grate, Detail
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Detail: Installation View, Right Side
  • Detail: Installation View, Left Side
  • Interior: Cathedra Petri in the Apse of the Basilica
  • Detail: Installation View
  • Detail: Baldachin top with the mosaic of Saint John the Evangelist in the Background
  • Detail: top
  • Detail: Figure on the top
  • Detail: Figure on the top
  • Detail: Column Base
  • Detail: Column Base
  • Detail: Figure on the top
  • Interior: Detail of 18th century mosaic copy after Andrea Sacchi (1599–1661)
  • Interior: Painting Detail, Figure Crucified
  • Interior: Bronze Figural Scene, Detail
  • Interior: Bronze Relief, Detail
  • Interior: Bronze Relief, Detail
  • Interior: Vestibule of Baptismal Chapel dome, from Cappella del Fonte Battesimale
  • Interior: Vestibule of Baptismal Chapel ceiling, from Cappella del Fonte Battesimale
  • Interior: South Nave, San Pietro d'Alcàntara (bottom)
  • Interior: View of Basilica di San Pietro looking West
  • Interior: View of Basilica di San Pietro looking upwards to the Ceiling
  • Interior: Vestibule of Pieta Chapel dome, Sculptures of Misericordia and Fortezza in the foreground
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: Pilaster Detail, Portraits of Popes and Cherubs
  • Interior: Mosaic of St. Peter
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: View of dome over Cappella di San Sebastiano
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: Installation View
  • Interior: South Nave, San Ignazio di Loyola (bottom)
  • Interior: Altare di San Girolamo, Installation View
  • Interior: View of Baldachin from Nave
  • Interior: View of Baldachin from Nave
  • Interior: View of Baldachin from Nave
  • Interior: Cathedra Petri in the Apse of the Basilica
  • Interior: Left Tribune - South Wall, looking up at Santa Francesca Romana
  • interior: Right Tribune - North Wall, Sant'Elia (bottom)
  • Detail: Urban VIII's family coat of arms
  • Interior: Sant'Elena, Installation View
  • Interior: View of Bernini Reliquary Balcony, Angels Raising the Cross of Saint Helen
  • Interior: San Longino, Installation View
  • Interior: Altare della Bugia, Installation View
  • Interior: Monumento di Pio VII, Installation View
  • Interior: Altare della Trasfigurazione, Installation View
  • Interior: View of Transept Looking North West
  • Interior: View of Arch Looking towards Gregorian Chapel
  • Interior: View of Gate looking towards Altar of the Immaculate Conception
  • Interior: View of Dome over the Presentation Chapel
  • Interior: Monumento of Maria Clementina Sobieski, Installation View
  • Interior: South Nave, looking up at Santa Lucia Filippini by Silvio Silva
  • Interior: Right (North) Nave, St. Madeleine Sophie Barat (top)
  • Interior: View of Dome and Vault, South Nave, San Luigi de Montfort (above)
  • Interior: View of the South Nave Looking West towards San Camillo de Lellis (bottom), San Luigi de Montfort (top)
  • Interior: Mosaic Detail
  • Interior: San Longino, Installation View
  • Interior: View of Nave looking towards the Apse
  • Interior: View of Nave towards the Presentation Chapel
  • Interior: Baldachin and the Apse
  • Interior: Baldachin and the Apse
  • Interior: View of Nave, looking towards the Pieta
  • Interior: View looking towards the Monument to Christina of Sweden
  • Interior: View looking towards the Monument to Christina of Sweden
  • Interior: South Nave
  • Interior: Looking Southeast, View of sculptures of Autorità ecclesiastica and Giustizia divina
  • Interior: South Nave
  • Interior: Looking towards the Presentation Chapel
  • Interior: View of Blessed Sacrament Chapel Dome
  • Interior: Altare di San Girolamo, Installation View
  • Interior: Nave Ceiling and Dome of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
  • Interior: Nave Ceiling and Dome of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
  • Interior: Nave Ceiling and Dome of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
  • Interior: Dome of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
  • Interior: Dome of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
  • Interior: Nave looking East
  • Interior: Nave looking Southeast
  • Interior: View of the Crossing, Baldacchino di San Pietro
  • Interior: Cathedra Petri, Apse
  • Interior: Nave Looking Northeast
  • Interior: Dome above Baldachin
  • Interior: Dome of the Presentation Chapel