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Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

An outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church brings with it an incredible collection of art and architecture.

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which hosts some of the world’s most famous art - from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling to Bernini’s canopy or the ornate Baldacchin canopy inside St. Peter’s Basilica. While these ...

Inside, the church flows seamlessly, with different spaces within that are defined by the arches of the ceiling ... marble foundation stone from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome ties the cathedral ...

The interior has a basilica plan comprising a nave and two aisles ... and it indicates that the church was originally dedicated to St Peter, who is designated as “chief of the Apostles” in one of the ...