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* St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican

* St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
2006 Italy/Rome/Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica (Saint Peter's Basilica) is a Catholic cathedral, the largest historical Christian church in the world. Several generations of great masters worked on its creation: Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bernini.
Years of construction 1506-1626, height 136.6m
Capacity - about 15 thousand people inside the cathedral and 60 thousand people on the square. Relics and shrines - the tomb of St. Peter.