St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest church in the world and has - TopicsExpress



          

St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest church in the world and has been in existence 300 years longer than Vatican City. Markings on the floor of St. Peter’s Basilica indicate the size of the 15 largest churches in the world – in other words, they would each fit inside St. Peter’s. Unlike the Sistine Chapel, the reason I could take these pictures -which come nowhere near in capturing its immense size - is that years ago they realized the paintings were being destroyed by candles, photo flashes, regular light, pollution, etc - so they were all replaced by intricately duplicated mosaics which can withstand anything for many years to come (the paintings are safely on display in a museum).
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:06:30 +0000

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