architecture
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City, Holy See
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano [Italian]
Papale arcibasilica maggiore di San Pietro in Vaticano [Italian]
Architecture
full/alternative names
Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican
built
–
style/period
work type by function
work type form/concept
technique
architect / constr. phase
1504-1514
first design and crossing pillars
1514-1520
1520-1546
1547-1564
design of the basilica's western section and of the dome
1564-1568
1568-1573
1574-1602
finalization of the cupola, construction of the eastern cupolas
1603-1629
nave and east facade
1629-1670
canopy, St. Peter's Square and interior
Specifications
height
132.5 m
width
150.0 m
length
220.0 m
naves
central nave
height
46.2 m
area
20,139 m²
number cupolas
1
cupolas/domes
height (outer)
133.3 m
diameter (outer)
42.0 m
diameter (inner)
41.5 m
Geography
local language location name
location:
Civitatis Vaticanæ [Latin]
Città del Vaticano [Italian]
country:
Sancta Sedes [Latin]
Santa Sede [Italian]
historical affiliations
1626-1870
1870-1929
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
I,
II,
IV,
VI
designation
reference
286