The smallest country in the World, the Vatican City is full of incredible things to do and sites to see. From St. Peter's ...

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 20, 2025 / 17:05 pm The 14,000-ton, five-century-old dome of St. Peter’s Basilica will debut new lighting this coming Easter to further enhance Michelangelo’s magnificent ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, finely detailed mosaics, and imposing marble statues, is a monument ...

The top of the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square contains 140 statues of various saints. The sculpted figures were completed by many artists over a period of 41 years, from 1662 to 1703.

And if you are ever in St. Peter’s Basilica, look up at the dome and remember that someone once had to carry a whole lot of heavy iron chains up to the top so it wouldn’t fall on your head.

St. Peter’s Dome in the Jemez Mountains. Photo Courtesy PEEC PEEC NEWS RELEASE The Pajarito Environmental Education Center ...

There, an impressive Michelangelo-commissioned model for St. Peter's dome preens under a dramatic spotlight in a darkened gallery. Wow.

St. Peter’s Square was designed as a part of the new basilica in the 17th century. It was completed by the Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, between 1656 and 1667.