I've seen the basilica a few times in textbooks, but I never expected it to be this big. I'm not surprised, though. After all, St. Peter was considered to be the first pope, so I guess it made perfect sense to turn his burial site into something grand and beautiful.
"The building was made out of white travertine stones, standing four hundred fifty-two feet high and five hundred feet wide."
As you first walk into the basilica, there are elongated naves in the form of a Latin cross to lead you to individual chapels.
Whenever I made any movement, I made sure to do so with extreme precision and awareness. With the interior being filled with priceless treasures created by the greatest sculptors in history, it terrified me knowing I could break one of these. Imagine accidentally knock
