The stairs to the top of St Peter’s Dome were not constructed with tourists in mind. There are 491 steps and in some sections things are so cramped there isn’t even room for hand rails.

The stairs to the top of St Peter’s Dome were not constructed with tourists in mind. There are 491 steps and in some sections things are so cramped there isn’t even room for hand rails.

The stairs to the top of St Peter’s Dome were not constructed with tourists in mind. There are 491 steps and in some sections things are so cramped there isn’t even room for hand rails.

Whether you're Catholic or not, it's hard to argue with the claim that St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an amazing feat of ...

A marble statue of Saint Peter was placed above the altar in 1932. In 1863 Pope Pius IX asked the Capuchin friars to restore it. French Emperor Napoleon III also contributed to the restoration.

The statue of St Cajetan cost around 20 pounds, which was funded by the parish community. It was gilded in later years through the financial contributions of parish priest Dun Ġużeppi Muscat.

n 1505, Pope Julius II called a much-admired Florentine sculptor named Michelangelo to Rome to create a huge, freestanding tomb with approximately 40 over-life-size marble statues, all to be made ...

It continued in 2021 with a €20 coin depicting the bronze statue of St. Peter in the Vatican, and in 2022 showed the dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica on another €20 coin.

FABRIANO, JAN 12 - A 15th-century wooden statue of St Peter has been attributed to Renaissance master Donatello. The newly re-attributed work was delivered back safely Tuesday to a gallery in the ...