What is written on the top of St. Peter's Basilica?
What is written on the top of St. Peter's Basilica? Above the 96 figures is a blue sky spangled with stars, and above it the lantern at whose base is a Latin inscription: To the glory of St. Peter, Pope Sixtus V in the year 1590, the fifth of his pontificate.
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 obelisk in front of St Peters?
Located in front of St Peter's Basilica and the charming Bernini colonnade, the Vatican Obelisk is one of the 13 antique obelisks of Rome. Carved out of red granite, it rises over 25 meters; with the base and the Cross, it reaches almost 40 meters.
What is the largest church in the world?
St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the largest church in the world.