Saint Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the world-
I was totally unprepared for the shear size of St. Peters. It is larger than two football fields combined. It is over 210 meters long and the dome is 130 meters high. The inside of this church houses SIX ACRES of marble statues, mosaics, monuments and much more. The most important, of course, is the Pieta, which Michelangelo sculpted when he was not yet twenty-five years old. This work is totally different from the tragic Pietas sculptured later by Michelangelo.
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