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The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is considered one of the most renowned works of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world.
While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines.
Catholic tradition holds that the basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome (Pope). Saint Peter's tomb is supposedly directly below the high altar of the basilica. For this reason, many popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period, and there has been a church on this site since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica, which would replace Old St. Peter's Basilica from the 4th century AD, began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage and for its liturgical functions. The pope presides at a number of liturgies throughout the year, drawing audiences of 15,000 to over 80,000 people, either within the basilica or the adjoining St. Peter's Square.
St. Peter's has many historical associations, with the Early Christian Church, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-reformation and numerous artists, especially Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. St. Peter's is one of the four churches in the world that hold the rank of major basilica, all four of which are in Rome. Contrary to popular misconception, it is not a cathedral because it is not the seat of a bishop; the cathedra of the pope as Bishop of Rome is in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
St Peter's church was rebuilt during the mid-19th century, but retains its medieval screen, made from Jerusalem olive trees and featuring elaborate carvings, and a font dating back to 1690. Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman described the church as "a Tractarian work of art".
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham is a notable wool church (financed through the wealth of the wool trade), and regarded as one of the finest examples of Late Perpendicular Gothic architecture in England.
Following the victory of Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, John de Vere, the 13th Earl of Oxford, a major local landowner and commander of Henry's army, suggested that the church should be rebuilt in the latest style to celebrate the new Tudor king. However, it is likely that plans were already underway to rebuild the church in order to reflect the growing prosperity of Lavenham.
The reconstruction of the church took place mainly between 1485 and 1525. The architect is thought to have been John Wastell. It was one of the last churches to be completed before the English Reformation. The extraordinary cost of the work was paid for by the local merchant families, who had become amongst the wealthiest in England.
The huge tower, standing 141 feet (43m) high, was built in two stages between 1486 and 1523.
Some travel shots from last weekend. I've been to Rome before, but the Basilica is always worth a revisit.
I quickly decided it would be impossible to remove my fellow tourists from the images, so tried to incorporate them in. Not sure how well it worked but at least they help give an idea of scale.
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For most visitors, they would just visited the same distinction once in their trip an rushed elsewhere. I personally might went several time in different time. To capture his pano image of the square of Vatican City with only few people in it, I lined up 6am in the morning waiting to be the first few one go up the dome of the church, On of the reason was the morning soft light as well as the direction of light. …………St. Peter's Square, Vatican City - is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo. At the centre of the square is an Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in "the maternal arms of Mother Church". A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
I'd already taken our little Yorkie for an evening walk around our village, but soon after we returned she made it clear that she needed to go out again, and we walked along the grass verge alongside the main road until she had made herself comfortable. We then walked back past our village church and I paused (with my foot on her lead) to take a couple of cameraphone shots.
The lovely old Grade II*-listed Church of St Peter dates back to the late 12th century, while its tower was constructed in the 14th century. Like so many churches, it underwent restoration in the mid-19th century.
The facade of St. Peter's Basilica, designed by Maderno, is 115 metres wide and 46 metres high and is built of travertine stone, with Corinthian columns and a central pediment rising in front of a tall attic surmounted by thirteen statues: Christ flanked by eleven of the Apostles (except Saint Peter, whose statue is left of the stairs) and John the Baptist.
The inscription below the cornice on the 1 metre tall frieze reads:
IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII
(In honour of the Prince of Apostles, Paul V Borghese, a Roman, Supreme Pontiff, in the year 1612, the seventh of his pontificate
The parish church of St Peter and St Paul in Blockley, Gloucestershire. The church is late Norman, built in about 1180, and is a Grade II listed building.
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Niagara Falls, New York... it's an Episcopalian church completed in 1880
Die Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul der Kreisstadt Freising in Bayern ist die ehemalige Klosterkirche des Prämonstratenserklosters Neustift, das 1803 säkularisiert und dessen Kirche zur Pfarrkirche wurde. Sie gilt als eine der schönsten Rokokokirchen Bayerns und stellt ein geschütztes Bauwerk in der Liste der Freisinger Baudenkmäler dar.
The parish church of St. Peter and Paul in the district town of Freising in Bavaria is the former monastery church of the Premonstratensian monastery Neustift, which was secularized in 1803 and whose church became a parish church. It is considered one of the most beautiful rococo churches in Bavaria and is a protected building in the list of the Freising monuments dar.
St Peter's Church, Willersley. A winner of the Best Kept Village competition, Willersey is a characterful Gloucestershire village with a Worcester postcode situated southwest of Evesham and only 1.7 miles from Broadway. This parish church is beautifully positioned at the end of Church Lane and is surrounded by a traditional churchyard.
St Peter's has a 15th century bell tower with traditional pinnacles and gargoyles. The little north porch is 13th century. The filled-up Norman door can be seen on the south side of the church. The font is pure Norman and the internal pillars and arches are 13th century. These arches are quite remarkable for a village church.
St. Peter's Basilica is the largest church in the world (located in Vatican City), construction began in 1506 and was not completed until 1626. Its scale is huge, five times bigger than St Pauls in London. The letters you can see are over 8ft high.....
This imposing porch structure looks at first glance to be a medieval creation, so it came as a surprise to see the date 1929 higher up. Rather later than the Victorian renovations, it seems to have been part of the determination to make the church more gothic. The whole thing, designed by ‘Mr J.A. Swann, Architect of Birmingham’ and made by Messrs Panchieri and Hack of Bromsgrove, was a gift in memorial to Sir Charles Tertius Mander. Made from oak, it features the keys of St Peter and several coats of arms from the Mander family, and two figures, one each side. It seems a great shame that the Fire Exit sign has been given such prominence.
This is Thomas a Beckett, who as Chancellor signed the document confirming the privileges of the church at Wulfrunhampton in 1168.
The beautiful old Church of St Peter in Heysham, Lancashire, is Grade I-listed and sits on a cliff-top where it overlooks Morecambe Bay. It is believed that a church was founded on this site in the 7th or 8th century. In 1080 it was recorded that the location was the site of an old Anglo-Saxon church. Some of the fabric of that church remains in the present church.
This is a re-posting as several month's worth of postings from mid-2023 seem to have been deleted from Flickr.
wiki - St Peter's Church, Lowick
Lowick is a charming village located in the East Northamptonshire district of England. It is known for its picturesque countryside, historical landmarks, and vibrant community. The village boasts a beautiful 13th-century church, a historic manor house, and a range of traditional cottages. Lowick has a strong sense of community with various local organizations, clubs, and events bringing people together. The village is surrounded by rolling hills, lush meadows, and ancient woodlands, offering ample opportunities for outdoor activities and relaxation.
Usually when I visit a church, I wander round at least half the outside taking photos before I step inside. In the case of St Peter's in Hampton Lucy, there are so many features outside that it would be at least 10 days before we step across the threshold. Built by its rector John Lucy to replace a medieval church, St Peter ad Vincula is a very grand affair for a small village, with craftsmanship of very high quality. It was consecrated in 1826 and as late as 1858 Sir George Gilbert Scott was commissioned to add a chancel and porch. Both are fine examples of Gothc Revival.
This is the main entrance, on the western side of the tower with its very solid double doors and delightful ironwork. As far as I can see, each of the carved stone bosses around the doorway is individual. Pevsner found it all 'quite magnificent' and says it's built from 'golden ashlar stone' from Camden in the Cotsworlds.
It's not just the windows that are often adorned with carved heads – this is a small section of blind arcading on the south side near the bell tower. It has two young heads, one male, the other female.
St. Peter's Square is one of the largest and most beautiful squares in the world. It is located in Vatican City, at the feet of St. Peter's Basilica.
The dimensions of the square are spectacular: 320 meters long and 240 meters wide. In the liturgies and more noticeable events St. Peter's Square has held more than 300,000 people.
The construction of the square was carried out between 1656 and 1667 at the hand of Bernini, with the support of Pope Alexander XII.
The most impressive part of the square, besides its size, are its 284 columns and 88 pilasters that flank the square in a colonnade of four rows. Above the columns there are 140 statues of saints created in 1670 by the disciples of Bernini.
In the centre of the square the obelisk and the two fountains, one of Berni ni (1675) and another of Maderno (1614) stand out. The obelisk, which is 25 meters in height, was carried to Rome from Egypt in 1586.
The most spectacular way to arrive at St. Peter's Square is along the Via della Conciliazione, a long street that begins in the Castel Sant'Angelo.
St Peter's, the parish church in the tiny village of Huisberden (pop 272), with dramatic lighting and clouds on a stormy and decidedly fresh early April evening. There may have been a wooden church here as early as 800; and the remains of an older Romanesque stone church dating to the late C13 have been found. The current structure, however, dates from the late C14. The choir was expanded in C15. In more modern times, the brickwork was renewed in C19 and the baptistry (the side chapel facing the camera) dating to as late as 1902. In the late Dark Ages, the village belonged to Corbie Abbey, hundreds of miles away in far off Picardy. Today, it has a population of just 272, and the church is now part of a much bigger parish covering the entire borough of Bedburg-Hau. It was locked both times when I passed, but there are some interior photos at rhein-maas-region.de/huisberdenStPeter.php
In the Castle Park area of Bristol is the ruin of St Peter's Church. It was a church in the bustling Castle part of the city which was heavily bombed in the Bristol Blitz in November 1940. The raids killed nearly 1,300 people and the bombed out church has been preserved as memorial to those killed. The area was not rebuilt and has become a park.
St Peter's Kirk stands south of the road leading to Gordonstoun School about a quarter of a mile east of the village of Duffus. It is sometimes referred to as St Peter's Church; as Duffus Old Parish Church; as Duffus Old Kirk; or just as Peter Kirk.
St Peter's Cathedral is a famous Adelaide landmark, founded in 1869 and built over the following years.
The south front has similar features to the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Church of St Jean-Baptiste de Belleville in Paris.
The tallest spire is 51m tall. A very imposing and beautiful structure.
St Peter's Church in the village of Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire. The oldest part of the church is the 14th century tower as there was extensive rebuilding in 1862. It stands in the centre of the village and in the shadow of the two hills known as the Wittenham Clumps. A pathway skirting the churchyard leads to a footbridge over the Thames and then to Day's Lock and the weir.
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