segunda-feira, 10 de março de 2008

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Saint Peter's Basilica

Saint Peter's Basilica is the most beautiful church in the world.
Saint Peter's Basilica is located in Vaticano City, Rome, Italy.In a year, million and million of people visit that beautiful church.The pope lives there, that's why these people visit there constantly.
It was built of bricks of
42.3 meters.The dome of St. Peter's was designed by Michelangelo, who became chief architect in 1546.Its dome is made of marble with 18 meters. It was built from 1608 to 1614.It was esigned by Carlo Modeno and, it is used for the announcement of the new pope with "Habemus Papum" and his Urbi et Orbi blessing.

At the foot of the baldacchino and papal altar is the sunken Confessio, a 17th-century chapel named in honor of the confession of St. Peter that led to his martyrdom here.The Door of Death is the far left door into the basilica. Its name derives from its traditional use as the exit for funeral processions as well as its subject matter.