What is the most famous sculpture in St Peter's Basilica?
What is the most famous sculpture in St Peter's Basilica? In the long list of places to visit during your stay in Rome, you can't miss Saint Peter's in the Vatican, hosting probably the most famous work by Michelangelo Buonarroti, as well as the most appreciated marble statue of the Italian art: the Pieta.
What is the most valuable item in the Vatican?
Valued by some as high as €2 billion, Nero's bathtub is one of the most precious works in the Vatican Museums. Stretching a whopping 25ft in diameter, it's made of a deep red/purple porphyry marble. This stone was quarried from a single source in Egypt and no other deposits of it have ever been found.
What is the largest church in the world?
St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the largest church in the world.
Has the Pieta ever left the Vatican?
In 1964, the Vatican loaned the Pietà to the United States, where it was displayed as part of the 1964 New York World's Fair.