Monday, December 23, 2013

St Peter's Basilica

We decided to skip lunch to come back here.









Pilgrims have for centuries touched the feet of St Peter when they passed by



St Longinus by Bernini





St Helena by Bolgi





Dome of St Peter's



Monument to Pope  Alexander VII
Bernini's last work in St Peter's was finished in 1678 and shows the Chigi Pope among the allegorical figures of Truth, Justice, Charity and Prudence



Bernini's Baldacchino stands above St Peter's tomb

















Pieta by Michelangelo





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