Old Saint Peter's Basilica

Old Saint Peter's Basilica

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visual works

Italy (nation)

Rome (inhabited place)

Early Christian

basilicas

architectural drawings (visual works)

Peter--the Apostle, Saint

Drawing of the Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. "Constantine himself authorized the building of the basilica in 324. It was intended to enclose “Gaius’s Trophy” and to allow Peter’s tomb to become the centre of the structure. Consecrated in 329, the great basilica appeared as a longitudinal building with a nave, four aisles and a transept. Outside, a staircase led to the four-sided portico in front of the basilica, known also as Paradise, with a fountain in the middle for the ablutions of the catechumens,"--Vatican website.

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