The basilica installed by Emperor Constantine was located beside Nero's Circus where St. Peter was martyred. The current one was built on the same site. The city-state is located between 20 and 76 meters high and the Basilica dome 130 meters high.
A basílica instalada pelo Imperador Constantino situava-se ao lado do circo de Nero onde martirizaram São Pedro. Edificaram a atual no mesmo local. A cidade-estado localiza-se entre os 20 e 76 metros de altitude e a cúpula da Basílica a 130 metros.
Caspar van Wittel or Vanvitelli (1652-1736)-‘view of Piazza San Pietro’-oil on canvas-ca 1720 Private collection
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)-‘view of the basilica of St Pieter’s square at Vatican’-etching
George Cooke (1793-1849)-‘interior of St Pieter’s at Vatican’-1847
Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765)-‘interior of St Pieter’s at Vatican’-oil on canvas Hannover-Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum
Francesco Barbazza (18th century)-‘view of Sistine chapel in the Vatican Apostolic Palace’-etching-1766
Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765)-‘Charles III at St Pieter’s’-oil on canvas Napoli-Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte
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