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Saint Peter’s Basilica

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in , an independent microstate enclaved within the city of , Italy.
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  • Opening hours: 7:00 AM—7:10 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Vatican City
  • Also known as: “Basilica of Saint Peter”, “Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican”, “Papale arcibasilica patriarcale maggiore arcipretale di San Pietro in Vaticano”, “Saint Peter’s”, “Saint Peter’s, Vatican”, “San Pietro del Vaticano”, “St Peter’s”, “St Peter’s Basilica”, “St. Peter’s”, and “St. Peter’s Basilica”
  • Address: Piazza San Pietro, 00120
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Square.

Church
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The is a chapel in the , the pope's official residence in . Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. is situated 100 metres northeast of Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Square
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St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in , the papal enclave in , directly west of the neighborhood of . is situated 170 metres east of Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Library
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The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known as the or informally as the Vat, is the of the Holy See, located in , and is the city-state's national library. is situated 310 metres north of Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and Trastevere.

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of . While the oldest section of Rome is at the , and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.

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is a district in . The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.

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The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.

Saint Peter’s Basilica

Latitude
41.90216° or 41° 54′ 8″ north
Longitude
12.45371° or 12° 27′ 13″ east
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Inception
November 18th, 1626
Levels
5
Height
54 metres (177 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF23+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244159210
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
6269268
Wiki­data ID
Q12512
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Saint Peter’s Basilica” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint Pieterskerk”
  • Albanian: “Bazilika e Shën Pjetrit”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس بطرس”
  • Aragonese: “Basilica de Sant Per”
  • Aragonese: “Basilica de Sant Pero”
  • Armenian: “Հռոմի Սուրբ Պետրոս տաճար”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Պետրոսի տաճար”
  • Assamese: “ছেইণ্ট পিটাৰ্ছ বেছিলিকা”
  • Assamese: “ছেণ্ট পিটাৰছ বেছিলিকা”
  • Asturian: “basílica de San Pedru del Vaticanu”
  • Asturian: “basílica de San Pedru”
  • Asturian: “Basílica de San Pedru”
  • Asturian: “basílica papal de San Pedru”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Pyotr bazilikası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Pyotr kilsəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Изге Пётр соборы”
  • Basque: “San Petri basilika”
  • Belarusian: “Базіліка Святога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “базыліка сьвятога Пятра (Ватыкан)”
  • Belarusian: “базыліка сьвятога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “Базыліка Сьвятога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “Касцёл Святога Пятра ў Ватыкане”
  • Belarusian: “катэдра сьвятога Пятра (Ватыкан)”
  • Belarusian: “катэдра сьвятога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “папская базыліка сьвятога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор Святога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Святога Пятра ў Ватыкане”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Пятра ў Ватыкане”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট পিটারের ব্যাসিলিকা”
  • Bhojpuri: “सेंट पीटर्स बसिलिका”
  • Bhojpuri: “सेंट पीटर्स बेसिलिका”
  • Bosnian: “Bazilika svetog Petra”
  • Breton: “Penniliz Sant-Pêr”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Петър”
  • Burmese: “စိန့်ပီတာဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်းတော်ကြီး”
  • Catalan: “basílica de Sant Pere del Vaticà”
  • Catalan: “Basílica de Sant Pere”
  • Catalan: “basílica Vaticà”
  • Catalan: “Sant Pere de Roma”
  • Catalan: “Sant Pere del Vaticà”
  • Central Bikol: “Basilika ni San Pedro”
  • Central Kurdish: “کڵێسای سەنت پیتەر”
  • Chechen: “Сийлахь Петран Килс”
  • Chinese: “Sèng Pí-tek Sèng-tn̂g”
  • Chinese: “圣彼得大教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖伯多祿大殿”
  • Cornish: “Penneglos Sen Peder”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Aziz Petrus bazilikası”
  • Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Petra”
  • Czech: “Bazilika svatého Petra”
  • Danish: “Peterskirken”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Pietersbasiliek”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس بطرس”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko de Sankta Petro en Romo”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko Sankta Petro”
  • Estonian: “Püha Peetruse basiilika”
  • Estonian: “Rooma Peetri kirik”
  • Faroese: “Pæturskirkjan”
  • Fiji Hindi: “St. Peter’s Basilica”
  • Finnish: “Pietarinkirkko”
  • French: “basilique Saint-Pierre”
  • French: “Basilique Saint-Pierre”
  • French: “Saint-Pierre de Rome”
  • Galician: “Basílica de San Pedro”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა პეტრეს ბაზილიკა”
  • German: “Basilika St. Peter”
  • German: “Petersbasilika”
  • German: “Petersdom”
  • German: “Peterskirche”
  • German: “Templum Vaticanum”
  • German: “Vatikanische Basilika”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική του Αγίου Πέτρου”
  • Guarani: “Peru Marangatu Vasílika”
  • Haitian: “Bazilik St Pyè”
  • Hausa: “Babban cocin Bitrus”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקת פטרוס הקדוש”
  • Hindi: “सेंट पीटर बैसिलिका”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Péter-bazilika”
  • Iban: “Basilika St. Peter”
  • Icelandic: “Péturskirkjan”
  • Inari Sami: “Piättâr kirkko”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santo Petrus”
  • Irish: “Baisleac Pheadair”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Pietro”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Pietro”
  • Italian: “Papale Arcibasilica Maggiore di San Pietro in Vaticano”
  • Italian: “Papale Basilica Maggiore di San Pietro in Vaticano”
  • Italian: “San Pietro in Vaticano”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Sin Piita Basilika”
  • Japanese: “サン・ピエトロ大聖堂”
  • Japanese: “聖ピエトロ大聖堂”
  • Javanese: “Basilika Santo Petrus”
  • Javanese: “Basilika Santo Pétrus”
  • Kabiyè: “Pɩyɛ Kɩɖeɖeu tɛ paasiliki”
  • Kabyle: “tabaslikt n Gm Peter”
  • Kabyle: “Tabazilikt San Pietri”
  • Kazakh: “Әулие Петер базиликасы”
  • Korean: “성 베드로 대성전”
  • Latin: “Basilica Sancti Petri”
  • Latin: “Basilica Vaticana”
  • Latvian: “Sv. Pētera bazilika”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Pētera bazilika Vatikānā”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Pētera bazilika”
  • Latvian: “Vatikāna bazilika”
  • Lingala: “Basiliki Monsátu Petelo”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Basilica de San Pedro”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Basilica de San Petro”
  • Lithuanian: “Šventojo Petro bazilika”
  • Lombard: “Basilega de San Peder”
  • Low German: “Basilika Sünt Peter”
  • Luxembourgish: “Péitersdoum”
  • Macedonian: “Базилика Свети Петар”
  • Malagasy: “Bazilika Masindahy Piera”
  • Malay: “Basilika Santo Peter”
  • Malay: “Basilika St. Peter”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്റ് പീറ്റേഴ്സ് ബസലിക്ക”
  • Maltese: “Bażilka ta‘ San Pietru”
  • Marathi: “बासिलिका ऑफ सेंट पीटर”
  • Mazanderani: “باسیلیکا د سن پیترو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sèng Pí-tek Sèng-tn̂g”
  • Mongolian: “Гэгээн Петрийн цогчин дуган”
  • Narom: “Basouque Saint-Pierre”
  • Neapolitan: “Basileca ‘e San Pietro”
  • Neapolitan: “Basileca ’e San Pietro”
  • Newari: “सन्त पिटरयागु बासिलिका”
  • Newari: “सेन्त पिटरया बासिलिका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peterskirken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peterskyrkja”
  • Norwegian: “Peterskirken”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Basilica de Sant Pèir”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੇਂਟ ਪੀਟਰ ਬਾਸੀਲਿਕਾ”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سن پیترو”
  • Picard: “Basilike ed Saint-Pière”
  • Piemontese: “Basìlica ëd San Pé”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Piotra na Watykanie”
  • Polish: “bazylika św. Piotra”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Świętego Piotra”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica de São Pedro”
  • Romanian: “Bazilica Sfântul Petru din Roma”
  • Romansh: “Dom da s. Peder”
  • Russian: “собор Святого Петра”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Петра”
  • Samogitian: “Švėntuojė Petra bazilėka”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Päiterssäärke”
  • Scots: “St. Peter’s Basilica”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bàislig Naomh Peadar”
  • Serbian: “Базилика Светог Петра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Petra”
  • Sinhala: “සාන්ත පීතර බැසිලිකාව”
  • Slovak: “Bazilika svätého Petra”
  • Slovenian: “bazilika sv. Petra v Rimu”
  • Slovenian: “Bazilika sv. Petra, Vatikan”
  • Slovenian: “bazilika sv. Petra”
  • Slovenian: “vatikanska bazilika”
  • South Azerbaijani: “موقدس سن پیترو کیلیساسی”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Pedro del Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “basilica de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “basílica de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Pedro”
  • Spanish: “San Pedro de Roma”
  • Spanish: “San Pedro del Vaticano”
  • Spanish: “San Pedro”
  • Swahili: “Basilika la Mt. Petro”
  • Swedish: “Peterskyrkan”
  • Swiss German: “Petersdom”
  • Tagalog: “Basilika ni San Pedro”
  • Tajik: “Калисои Пётри Муқаддас”
  • Tamil: “புனித பேதுரு பேராலயம்”
  • Tatar: “İzge Petr Bazilikası”
  • Tatar: “Изге Питер базиликасы”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารนักบุญเปโตร”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Petersdom”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Petrus Bazilikası”
  • Turkish: “basilica di San Pietro”
  • Turkish: “San Pietro Bazilikası”
  • Twi: “Basilica di San Pietro”
  • Udmurt: “Сьӧлыктэм Пётрлэн Базиликаез”
  • Ukrainian: “костел святого Петра”
  • Ukrainian: “собор Святого Петра”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Святого Петра”
  • Urdu: “پطرس باسلیکا”
  • Uzbek: “Avliyo Pyotr sobori”
  • Venetian: “Baxełega de San Piero in Vatican”
  • Venetian: “Bazéłega de San Piero in Vategan”
  • Veps: “Ph. Petran päjumalanpert‘”
  • Veps: “Ph. Petran päjumalanpert’”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền thờ Thánh Phê-rô”
  • Vietnamese: “Vương cung thánh đường Thánh Phêrô”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Basilica ni San Pedro”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Basílika ni San Pedro”
  • Welsh: “Basilica Sant Pedr”
  • Western Armenian: “Սուրբ Պետրոս մայր եկեղեցի (Հռոմ)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint Pitertsjerke”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Pitersbasilyk”
  • Western Panjabi: “پیٹر گرجا روم”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣彼得大教堂”
  • Wu Chinese: “聖伯多祿大殿”
  • Yiddish: “פעטראס באסיליקע”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖伯多祿大殿”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖彼得大教堂”
  • “San Pietro in Vaticano”
  • “Švėntuojė Petra bazilėka”
  • “tomo sewi pi jan sewi Petu”
  • “सेंट पीटर्स बसिलिका”

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