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St Peter’s Basilica
Tomb of Alexander VII Chigi
Altar in St Peter’s Basilica
The body of Pope John XXIII
St Peter’s Basilica
Statue of St Paul in St Peter’s
Swiss Guard
Statues of the colonnade of St Peter’s Basilica

The central nave of St Peter’s Basilica, 90 metres long, flanked by large pillars connected by round arches and adorned with a vast marble floor

The tomb of Alexander VII Chigi, created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1678, in St Peter’s Basilica, depicting the pope flanked by the allegorical figures of Charity and Truth

The Altar of St Peter’s Chair, in the centre of the apse, where St Peter’s wooden throne is enshrined, a work by Bernini (1665)

The remains of Pope John XXIII, enclosed in a sarcophagus and placed beneath the altar of St Jerome in the right-hand aisle of St Peter’s Basilica

The façade of St Peter’s Basilica, adorned with large Corinthian columns, 48 metres high and 118.6 metres wide, was completed in 1614 and designed by Carlo Maderno

The statue of St Paul, by the sculptor Adamo Tadolini, erected in 1847 in front of the churchyard of St Peter’s Basilica

The entrance to the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, situated at the end of the right-hand colonnade, is constantly guarded by a Swiss Guard

The statues of the saints (from left to right): Saint Ponziano, Saint Colomba, Saint Mamante, Saint Malco and Saint Benigno, which crown the balustrade of the colonnade in St Peter’s Square

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