Храм святого Петра / St. Peter's Basilica: Текст

Cathedral's and other cultural buildings.

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St. Peter's Cathedral (Basilica).

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Christian cathedral (height 189m, the area is 22 067 square m) is erected in Vatikan in the place of the apostle Peter's Basilica.

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The beginning of construction works counting since 1506 (architect Donato Bramante), when the first stone was laid.

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This cause was continued by Rafael (1483-1520), and then by Michelangelo (1547).

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In the first construction plans the cathedral had had the form of Greece cross, which later was somewhat changed.

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Its dome (in diameter 42m) has 16 windows.

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The dome is an important part in the outline of Rome because it can be seen everywhere.

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Thanks to the crafty calculation of the architects many effects were riched which make an impression that stairs and colonnads rise to the heavens.

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The main altar is flood with light.

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Interiors of the cathedral were decorated in Baroque with a lavish gilded moldings, mosaics, paintings, reliefs of colored marble, bronze and wood.

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There is an ancient roman tomb under the altar, where behind a marble lattice the relics of St. Pere's and other Saint (St. John Chrysostom, Gregory the Theologian) and tombs of the Pope are placed.

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The construction of the building continued 150-170 years.

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It was conscecrated in 1626 by Pope Urban VIII.

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