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The Dome and Fountain
This is the view from the Que to get in ..not bad eh !
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View up to the Sisitine and Museum
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Figures on the roof
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Fountain and Figures
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Obelisk and Fountain
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Imposing Figures !
Black and white
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Figures above the Papal balcony
Black and white From L-R St James the Elder St John the Baptist Christ the...
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The Facade
February the 10th 1608 the first stone was laid and on July the 12th...
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Obelisk and sun
This Obelisk is the second highest in Rome ..bettered only by the one at S...
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A view of Heaven !
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The Transfiguration
This is a Mosaic reproduction of Raphael's "deathbed" painting...
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Grating (blurred)
These are dotted around in the floor of St Peter's and are works of art...
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Alter of Falsehood
This Mosaic is a scene from Acts 5:1-11 a couple called Ananias and Sapphira...
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The Altar
This is the altar underneath the previous mosaic
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Monument of Alexander VII
Probably one of the most famous monuments in St Peter's ...it is...
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Bee's (blurred)
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Lion:Monument to Clement XIII
This Lion looks very "Vigilant" !This monument is by Antonio...
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Confessio candles
These candles burn always ...the Figure in the back is St Veronica
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Blessed John XXIII
This wax effigy lies in peace amongst all the Visitors
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Dragon on the Floor !
This Dragon is inset in the floor of St Peter's
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Monument to Gregory XIII
This was made by the Milanese sculptor Camillo Rusconi between 1715-1723
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A Pope "Innocent "
Another "wax" effigy ..I think !
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The Pieta
Carved when Michelangelo was only 24 ...this has to be the most famous...
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Pieta
Once seen this Statue is hard to forget ...it's always serene here...
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The door of Good and Evil !
One side of this door portrays "Good" the other...
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