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Yes we know you can't actually see St Peters Dome
but that is because of the fisheye lens that was used.
Nevertheless, we hope you enjoy this 360 degree photograph
of one of the most famous churches in the world. The
centre of the Roman Catholic faith, St Peters Rome
attrcts pilgrims from all over the world. Few are
disappointed when they enter the extravagantly decorated
basilica beneath Michelangelo's vast dome. A shrine
was erected on the site of St Peter's tomb in the
2nd century and the first great basilica, ordered
by the Emperor Constantine, was completed around AD
349. By the 15th century it was falling down, so in
1506 Pope Julius II laid the first stone of a new
church. It took more than a century to build and all
the great architects of the Roman Renaissance and
Baroque had a hand in its design.
Did You Know? Charles Edward Stuart
also know as Bonnie Prince Charlie was born and buried
in Rome? His tomb is inside St Peters and he is the
only non religious figure to be buried here on account
of his brother being a cardinal.
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