What is St. Peters Basilica?
St. Peters Basilica is located at the Vatican in Rome, Italy.  St. Peters is a church where the Roman Catholic Church Pope lives.  The church was build in the renaissance style, and the interior contains brilliant marble sculptures and paintings.  There are also a large number of tombs for past popes.  The Sistine Chapel is one of the Vatican's proudest features, and it was painted on the ceiling by Michelangelo between 1508 to 1512.