Largest Church in the world! ⛪️☦️ On this day, 18th November 1626. #shorts #shortsfeed #trending
Channel: The Knowledge Archive
Date: 2023-11-18

Today on 18th November 1626, St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City was consecrated by Pope Urban VIII.
Catholic tradition holds that the basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome or the first Pope. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is one of the most renowned works of Italian Renaissance and Baroque architecture and the largest church in the world by interior measure. It was designated as UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984. 
Main facade of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome
-By Alvesgaspar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43509289
St. Peter's Basilica from Castel Sant'Angelo showing the dome rising behind Maderno's façade-By Giacomo della Porta - Wolfgang Stuck (Own work), September 2004, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70472
St. Peter's Basilica and the piazza at night-By Eugene Pivovarov - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8628984


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