29 December 2018 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Architecture, UNESCO World Heritage
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Tiber, Ponte Sant’Angelo and St. Peter’s Basilica © Rabax63/cc-by-sa-4.0
The
Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, or simply
St. Peter’s Basilica, is an
Italian Renaissance church in
Vatican City, the papal
enclave within the city of
Rome. Designed principally by
Donato Bramante,
Michelangelo,
Carlo Maderno and
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter’s is the most renowned work of
Renaissance architecture and the
largest church in the world. While it is neither the
mother church of the
Catholic Church nor the
cathedral of the
Diocese of Rome, St. Peter’s is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as “holding a unique position in the
Christian world” and as “the greatest of all churches of
Christendom“.
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