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 ...

Of course, if you prefer a view that’s literally breathtaking, you can always climb all 551 steps to the dome of St Peter’s. Cameras at the ready… Aventine is the most southerly of Rome’s ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

with the dome of St Peter’s beyond. The People’s Square (as it translates today) is perhaps Rome’s most impressive (it’s actually oval) and has at its centre an Egyptian obelisk taken from ...