A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that ...

And Rowland Mainstone’s 2003 scholarly journal article, “Saving the Dome of St. Peter’s” (cited by Mr. Kalayjian ... da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome.” ...

Regardless, you'll take in a panorama of ... St. Peter's Basilica is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; select attractions within the church may have different hours. The dome is open at 7:30 ...

A winningly intimate oasis amidst Rome's overwhelming tourist bustle.

Historically, engineers supported domes with iron chains, but there's an easier way to build a dome this tall today. When the dome above St. Peter's Basilica in Rome began to crack under its own ...

The epicenter of Roman Catholicism, St. Peter's Basilica is centered in Vatican ... Many visitors enjoy trekking to the top of the dome. You can either climb the 551 steps to the summit, or ...