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Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican

Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, papale basilica maggiore di San Pietro in Vaticano in Italian.

The Basilica of Saint Peter is a Catholic basilica in Vatican City, symbol of the Vatican State, which is crowned by the square of the monumental St. Peter.
Listed as World Heritage of Humanity established by UNESCO, the Basilica of St. Peter is considered the largest architectural design of its time and remains one of the visited monuments in the world.
Is a tourist destination of your trip to Italy that you must see.
The architects of the basilica were:
1506 Bramante and Giuliano da Sangallo
1514 Raphael and Giuliano da Sangallo
1520 Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Baldassare Peruzzi
1546 Michelangelo
1564 Pirro Ligorio and Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola
1573 Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana
1603 Carlo Maderno
1629 Gian Lorenzo Bernini

St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City



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