Inside St. Peter’s Basilica near the Baldacchino, there is a staircase that allows you to descend to the Holy Vatican Grottoes. Built below the floor of the church, but raised…
The first Basilica was built following the signing of the Edict of Constantine in 313 as a symbol of Christianity. It was built around 333, on the site where the…
St. Peter’s Square with its colonnade frames the largest Basilica in Christianity In these places stood the circus and the gardens of Nero, where many Christians including St. Peter suffered…
The Vatican Museums were founded by Pope Julius II in 1506 and opened to the public in 1771 at the behest of Pope Clement XIV. The Vatican Museums are among…
The Sistine Chapel is one of the chapels of the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope. Its name comes from Pope Syntus IV who ordered its restoration between…