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St. Peter’s Square

St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of in , the papal enclave in , directly west of the neighborhood of .
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: piazza in Vatican City
  • Also known as: “Saint Peter’s Square” and “St Peter’s Square”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Peter’s Basilica and Sistine Chapel.

Church
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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. is situated 170 metres west of 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 140 metres northwest of St. Peter’s Square.

Library
Photo: Melozzo da Forlì, Public domain.
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 290 metres north of St. Peter’s Square.

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.

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.

St. Peter’s Square

Latitude
41.90216° or 41° 54′ 8″ north
Longitude
12.45573° or 12° 27′ 21″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF24+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 135747106
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Geo­Names ID
6269269
Wiki­data ID
Q83425
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“St. Peter’s Square” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Sheshi i Shën Pjetrit”
  • Arabic: “ساحه القديس بطرس”
  • Arabic: “مربع مستقيم”
  • Arabic: “ميدان القديس بطرس”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Պետրոսի հրապարակ”
  • Asturian: “Plaza de San Pedro”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Pyotr meydanı”
  • Basque: “San Petri plaza”
  • Basque: “San Petriren plaza”
  • Belarusian: “П’яцца Сан-П’етра”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Св. Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Святога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “плошча сьвятога Пятра”
  • Belarusian: “пляц сьвятога Пятра”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Петър”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de Sant Pere”
  • Central Bikol: “Plaza ni San Pedro”
  • Chinese: “圣彼得广场”
  • Chinese: “聖伯多祿廣場”
  • Chinese: “聖彼得廣場”
  • Croatian: “Trg Sv. Petra”
  • Croatian: “Trg svetog Petra”
  • Croatian: “Trg Svetog Petra”
  • Czech: “Náměstí sv. Petra”
  • Czech: “Náměstí svatého Petra”
  • Czech: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Czech: “Svatopetrské náměstí”
  • Danish: “Peterspladsen”
  • Danish: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Dutch: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Dutch: “Sint Pietersplein”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Pietersplein”
  • Dutch: “St. Pietersplein”
  • Dutch: “St.-Pietersplein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان القديس بطرس”
  • Esperanto: “Piazza di San Pietro”
  • Esperanto: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de Sankta Petro”
  • Esperanto: “Placo Sankta Petro”
  • Esperanto: “WikitransJS/Placo Sankta Petro”
  • Estonian: “Püha Peetruse väljak”
  • Finnish: “Pietarinaukio”
  • French: “Place Saint-Pierre de Rome”
  • French: “place Saint-Pierre”
  • French: “Place Saint-Pierre”
  • Galician: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Galician: “Praza de San Pedro”
  • Georgian: “წმ. პეტრეს მოედანი”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა პეტრეს მოედანი”
  • German: “Petersplatz”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία του Αγίου Πέτρου”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר סן פייטרו”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר סן-פייטרו”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר פטרוס הקדוש”
  • Hebrew: “פיאצה די סן פייטרו”
  • Hebrew: “פיאצה סן פייטרו”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Péter tér”
  • Icelandic: “Péturstorgið”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Santo Petrus”
  • Interlingua: “Placia de Sancte Petro”
  • Italian: “Piazza Retta”
  • Italian: “Piazza San Pietro in Vaticano”
  • Italian: “piazza San Pietro”
  • Italian: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Japanese: “サン・ピエトロ広場”
  • Korean: “산 피에트로 광장”
  • Korean: “성 베드로 광장”
  • Korean: “성 베드루 광장”
  • Latin: “Forum Sancti Petri”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Pētera laukums”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Petro aikštė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Péitersplaz (Roum)”
  • Luxembourgish: “Péitersplaz”
  • Luxembourgish: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Macedonian: “Плоштад „Свети Петар“”
  • Macedonian: “Плоштад Свети Петар”
  • Malay: “Dataran Santo Peter”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്റ് പീറ്റേഴ്സ് സ്‌ക്വയർ”
  • Mongolian: “Гэгээн Петрийн талбай”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ساحة لقديس پيدرو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Petersplassen”
  • Norwegian: “Petersplassen”
  • Persian: “میدان سن پیترو”
  • Polish: “Plac Św. Piotra”
  • Polish: “Plac Świętego Piotra”
  • Portuguese: “Piazza di San Pietro”
  • Portuguese: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Portuguese: “Praça de S. Pedro”
  • Portuguese: “Praça de São Pedro”
  • Portuguese: “Praça São Pedro”
  • Romanian: “Piața San Pietro”
  • Romanian: “Piața Sf. Petru din Roma”
  • Romanian: “Piața Sfântul Petru din Roma”
  • Romanian: “Piaţa Sfântul Petru”
  • Romanian: “Piața Sfântului Petru din Roma”
  • Romanian: “Piața Sfântului Petru”
  • Romanian: “Piazza di San Pietro”
  • Romanian: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Romansh: “Plazza da s. Peder”
  • Russian: “Площадь Святого Петра”
  • Russian: “Пьяцца Сан-Пьетро”
  • Serbian: “Трг Светог Петра”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trg sv. Petra”
  • Slovak: “Námestie svätého Petra”
  • Slovak: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Slovenian: “Trg svetega Petra, Vatikan”
  • Slovenian: “Trg svetega Petra”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de San Pedro de Roma”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de San Pedro”
  • Swedish: “Petersplatsen”
  • Swedish: “Piazza di San Pietro”
  • Tagalog: “Plaza ni San Pedro”
  • Tamil: “புனித பேதுரு சதுக்கம்”
  • Tatar: “Изге Питер мәйданы”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสนักบุญเปโตร”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Petrus Meydanı”
  • Turkish: “piazza San Pietro”
  • Turkish: “Saint Peter Meydanı”
  • Turkish: “San Pietro Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Майдан святого Петра”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа святого Петра”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Святого Петра”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ پیٹرز اسکوائر”
  • Venetian: “Piasa San Piero”
  • Vietnamese: “Công Trường Thánh Phê-Rô”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Thánh Phêrô”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Welsh: “Piazza San Pietro”
  • Welsh: “Sgwâr Sant Pedr”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Pitersplein”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣伯多禄广场”

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