Walking from Sistine Chapel to our final destination for the day: St. Peter's Basilica.
The narthex or entrance hall has three doors. The northern most entrance is also known as the "Holy Door".
I may have visited over 10 churches in Europe but this one is the most majestic and probably one of the biggest ever seen.
Giovanni Paolo Pannini's painting of the nave of the Basilica of Saint Peter
Sculpture of the Pope...I have no idea if he is the present or the past pope...
This is the holy church for the Catholic as very often the biggest Catholic events are held here.
Bottom centre: The tomb of Pope Alexander VII, by Gianlorenzo Bernini
Anyone needs to make a confession? :P
The interior of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. I suppose the humans drawn above are referring to the saints...
Bernini's "Cathedra Petri", Altar of the Chair of St. Peter and "Gloria"
Bernini's canopy
The confessio
Does the door lead the way to find the Pope somewhere else inside the church?
Anyone needs to make a confession? :PThe interior of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. I suppose the humans drawn above are referring to the saints... Bernini's "Cathedra Petri", Altar of the Chair of St. Peter and "Gloria"
Bernini's canopy The confessio
Does the door lead the way to find the Pope somewhere else inside the church? Another glimpse of St. Peter's Basilica.
Upper left: Saint Andreas
La Pietà sculpted by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Statue of Saint Peter
La Pietà sculpted by Michelangelo BuonarrotiStatue of Saint PeterDoesn't want to leave...but I still have to go off from here...sooner or later... :(
Hang outside facing the St. Peter's Square are four photos or paintings. One of them is the current Pope. He will be on stage here every Sunday morning to preach to the public...
The facade of Saint Peter's Basilica 
Saint Peter's Square, or Saint Peter's Piazza (Italian: Piazza San Pietro), is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome (the Piazza borders to the East the rione of Borgo).
After seeing many fountains and statues all over Europe, here is one fountain that is really flowing with water! (Most of the others are already dried up)
Hang outside facing the St. Peter's Square are four photos or paintings. One of them is the current Pope. He will be on stage here every Sunday morning to preach to the public...The facade of Saint Peter's Basilica Saint Peter's Square, or Saint Peter's Piazza (Italian: Piazza San Pietro), is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome (the Piazza borders to the East the rione of Borgo).After seeing many fountains and statues all over Europe, here is one fountain that is really flowing with water! (Most of the others are already dried up)
Mussolini demolished a spina of medieval housing to create an avenue, called Via della Conciliazione, leading into St. Peter's Square.
St. Peter's Basilica at dawn...I will miss this place.
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