Photos of Vatican City Home /Photos of Vatican City Photos of Vatican City Saint Peter’s Basilica at light Saint Peter’s Basilica, 1506 – 1615 Saint Peter’s Basilica. Capacity: 15,000 people inside the cathedral, 60,000 people on the square St. Peter’s Square as seen from the Dome Obelisk, St Peter’s Square, Piazza San Pietro Pope Francis in the Sistine Chapel St. Peter and Statues of Jesus and the Apostles on top of St. Peter’s Basilica The top of the Dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral, Michelangelo’s Dome, Cupola Statues of Christ and the Apostles on the Roof of St Peter’s Basilica The Bishop of Rome, the Bishop of the Holy See, Pope Vatican City Flag The Gardens of Vatican City or Vatican Gardens, Giardini Vaticani, 23 hectares Vatican Gardens, Giardini Vaticani Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the Vatican (on the left), Via Della Conciliazione 3 The-Pietà, Michelangelo,1498–1499 The-Pietà, Michelangelo, 1498–1499 Saint Grigor Illuminator Armeni, First Official Head of the Armenian Apostolic Church Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ – 301 – S. Grigorius Armenia E Illuminator Saint Gregory The Illuminator, prime alcove outside St Peter’s Basilica Saint Gregory The Illuminator, prime alcove outside St Peter s Basilica, Our Lady of Armenia Choir A mosaic depicting Narekatsi, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican The inaugural ceremony of the Grigor Narekatsi statue in Vatican was attended by Pope Francis and His Holiness Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, 2015 His Holiness Pope Francis in front of Narekatsi Statue in Vatican, 2015 Grigor Narekatsi (Գրիգոր Նարեկացի; Gregory of Narek), c. 950 – 1003, Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian, declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Francis in 2015 Pontifical Swiss Guard Pontifical Guards, Vatican Vatican Museum Entrance St. Peter Enthroned, St. Peter’s Basilica Sphere within Sphere, Sfera con Sfera, Arnaldo Pomodoro, 1990, Pinecone Courtyard, Vatican Museums Saint Peters Basilica, Interior, Capacity: 15,000 people inside the cathedral St. Peter’s Baldachin, Baldacchino di San Pietro,1623–1634, Bronze. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 28.74 m. Roof of St. Peter’s Basilica The Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica is the tallest dome in the world – 136.57 m. View to Baldakhin from top of Cupola Dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica, exterior Spiral Staircase at Vatican Museums, Giuseppe Momo,1932 St. Peter’s Basilica, inside Pigna in Belvedere Courtyard Athena Mosaic Floor, Museum Pio Clementino Athena Mosaic floor (fragment), Pio-Clementino Museum Mosaic floor (fragment), Pio Clementino Museum The Papal Residence from the Roof of St. Peter’s Basilica River God Arno, Pio Clementino Museum St. Peter’s Basilica, inside from Cupola Mosaic of an Angel in the Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica Sala Rotonda. Round Room, Pio Clementino Museum The Barberini Hera, Roman Copy after a Greek Original, Museo Pio Clementino Marble Statue of Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus in Vatican Cappela Sistina, Vatican Saint Peter’s Basilica, inside Saint Peter’s Basilica, inside Head of a Colossal Roman Statue of Emperor Augustus,1st century AD in the Courtyard of the “Pigna”, Vatican The Cortile del Belvedere, Belvedere Courtyard Cortile Ottagono, Musei Vaticani The Statue of Laocoön and His Sons, Marble sculpture from the Hellenistic Period, 323 BCE – 31 CE Confession Booth in Saint Peter’s Basilica Hall of the Greek Cross with Statues of Antinous Found at Hadrian’s Villa, Pio Clementino Museum Statues of Antinous Found at Hadrian’s Villa, Hall of the Greek Cross, Pio Clementino Museum Monument to Pope Leo XII, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican