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St. Peter's Basilica

Open today: 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Arguably one of the finest Cathedrals in the entire world, St. Peter's is the spiritual center of the Vatican and the product of many of Italy's great Renaissance's architects, among them Bramante, Raphael and Michelangelo.
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Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican City, Italy
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After a short queue to get through security (~4pm) we quickly made our way inside. What a fantastic place with absolutely outstanding architecture, paintings and murals. The size is mind blowing and impossible to fully appreciate. Believe it can hold 60000 people for a service.
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This place is unreal spotless clean we even went to the square on the Sunday for the readings by the pope very busy advise to go early to get through the second security if u want to get closer. We done tour of Vatican city which took in st peters and sissian chapel highly
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The splendor of this basilica is impressive. Pictures cannot do justice to the grandeur. Despite all of the tourists, it is amazingly peaceful. A must see when visiting Rome.
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A beautiful place to visit and a must see if in Rome. Unfortunately security was very slow and poorly organised. No clear signs and very very slow. Enjoyed our visit all the same.
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Excellent visit, beautiful basilica with mesmerizing artworks. The entrance was free. I expected extremely long queue to go in but when I visited at about 3pm on a Tuesday the wait was only about 20-30 minutes. Do not miss visiting the underground papal tombs by taking the
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