12/23/20021 Vatican Adventure: St. Peters After seeing the Sistine Chapel, we left the museum and entered St. Peters.
12/23/20022 Credits Most pictures by Joe Naumann Some pictures by Lea Barlow from her gift CD (thanks Lea) Maps and animations from the internet
12/23/20023 Basilica of Saint Peter
12/23/20024 Side of St. Peters seen when leaving the Sistine Chapel
12/23/20025 Main door to St. Peters
12/23/20026 Michelangelo’s Pieta
12/23/20027 A closer look it the masterpiece
12/23/20028 Awesome, Fabulous, Breathtaking
12/23/20029 Pope John XXIII – draws a big crowd
12/23/ Many stop to pray
St. Peter’s Artwork Most of the artwork in the basilica tend to relate to the Popes It is easy to lose sight of the supposed spiritual – religious nature of the structure. 12/23/200211
12/23/ Pope Pius XII statue
12/23/ Pope Innocent XI
12/23/ St. Peters – a monument to great artists and to the papacy
12/23/ Papal altar seen from a distance
12/23/ Main altar in St. Peters – canopy by Bernini
12/23/ Sanctuary and altar (by Bernini) behind the papal altar
12/23/ Way to the crypt
12/23/ Alleged to be tomb of St. Peter
12/23/ Pope Benedict
12/23/ Pope Paul VI – one of the least pretentious
12/23/ Pope Pius XI
12/23/ John Paul I – dreams of what might have been...
12/23/ View of the “square” upon exiting from St. Peters
12/23/ The Swiss Guard in 16 th century dress by Michelangelo