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Photos of St. Peter's Basilica

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This gallery of 126 photos accompanies our article on St. Peter's Basilica. Click any image to enlarge or start at the beginning for a virtual tour.

  • Engraving of Michelangelo's Basilica (1568)
  • St. Peter's Basilica in 1630
  • Facade of St. Peter's Basilica
  • Facade of St. Peter's Basilica
  • Facade by Night
  • Facade by Night
  • Facade by Night
  • Facade of St. Peter's Basilica
  • Facade Detail
  • Statue of St. Peter
  • Statue of St. Peter
  • St. Paul
  • Michelangelo's Dome
  • Lantern at Dusk
  • St. Peter's Square
  • St. Peter's Square
  • St. Peter's Square
  • Colonnade Saints
  • Facade at Sunset
  • Facade and Fountain by Night
  • Colonnade and Fountain by Night
  • Bernini Fountain
  • North Colonnade
  • North Wind
  • Bernini's Colonnade
  • Bernini's Colonnade
  • South Colonnade of St. Peter's Square
  • South Colonnade of St. Peter's Square
  • Funeral of Pope John Paul II
  • Funeral of Pope John Paul II
  • Mourning Pope John Paul II
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • Portico Vault
  • Portico Vault
  • The Holy Door
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • Nave Vault
  • Nave
  • Nave Looking East
  • Counter-Facade
  • St. Peter's Basilica
  • The Pieta
  • The Pieta
  • Pieta Detail
  • Porphyry Baptismal Font
  • Monument to Queen Christina of Sweden (d.1689)
  • St. Peter
  • St. Peter Enthroned
  • St. Peter Enthroned
  • Pope Innocent XI (d.1689)
  • Side Dome
  • Side Dome
  • Side Dome
  • Monument to Pope Pius XII (d.1958)
  • Monument to Pius XII
  • Papal Monument
  • St. Vincent de Paul
  • St. Ignatius of Loyola
  • St. Bruno
  • St. Bruno (Detail)
  • Right Aisle
  • Bernini's Tabernacle (1674)
  • Monument to Pope Gregory XIII
  • Altar of St. Jerome
  • Monument to Pope Gregory XVI
  • Altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • Altar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • Latin Inscription
  • Pope John XXIII (d.1963)
  • Pope John XXIII (d.1963)
  • Transept Crossing
  • Transept Crossing
  • St. Longinus
  • St. Veronica
  • St. Veronica
  • Papal Mass in 1962
  • Baldacchino
  • Bernini's Baldacchino (1624-33)
  • Bernini's Baldacchino (1624-33)
  • Bernini's Baldacchino (1624-33)
  • Barberini Bees
  • Bernini's Baldacchino (1624-33)
  • Baldacchino and Dome
  • Baldacchino and Dome
  • Main Dome
  • Dome
  • Petrine Text in the Cupola
  • Confessio
  • Confessio
  • Confessio
  • Confessio
  • Confessio Detail
  • Manhole to the Crypt
  • Throne of St. Peter
  • Throne of St. Peter
  • Throne of St. Peter
  • Church Fathers on the Throne of St. Peter
  • Throne of St. Peter
  • Monument to Pope Alexander VII (d.1667)
  • Monument to Pope Alexander VII (d.1667)
  • Interior View
  • Left Transept and Altar of St. Joseph
  • Prayer at the Altar of St. Joseph
  • Altar of St. Thomas
  • Tomb of Pope St. Boniface IV
  • Right Transept
  • Altar of the Transfiguration
  • Altar of Falsehood
  • Pillar from Old St. Peter's
  • Tomb of Pope John Paul II
  • Tomb of Pope John Paul II (d.2005)
  • Tomb of Pope John Paul II (d.2005)
  • Tomb of Pope Paul VI (d.1978)
  • Artifacts in the Crypt
  • Crypt Chapel
  • Sepulchre of St. Peter the Apostle
  • Artifacts in the Crypt
  • Crypt Mosaic: Portrait of a Saint
  • Ancient Epitaphs
  • Tomb of Pope Pius XI (d.1939)
  • Tomb of Pope Pius XI (d.1939): St. Ambrose
  • St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus
  • Tomb of Pope Pius XI (d.1939)
  • Papal Tomb
  • Early Christian Sarcophagus


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