For a particularly meaningful way to visit Rome’s major churches - and to sidestep the crowds - try following in the ...

Gian Bernini designed the colonnade in St. Peter's Square in front of the basilica and the massive baldacchino, or canopy, inside the basilica, which is meant to mark the tomb of St. Peter.

these statues were added to the top of the colonnade in St Peter's Square. The statues of 140 saints occupy the facade of Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican City. 9. The Baldacchino was a divisive ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected ...