Interior view of the apse of St. Peterââ¬â¢s Basilica, Vatican City, 1653, Italian Baroque, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini the italian master sculptor and architect. Commissioned by Pope Urban VIII. The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter or simply Saint Peter`s Basilica, is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave that is within the city of Rome. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter`s is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world by interior measure.
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