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ARCHITECTS: DONATO BRAMANTE, MICHELANGELO, CARLO MADERNO, GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1626)

The Nave of St. Peter's Basilica ...
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Looking down the Nave from just inside the Portico, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.
About halfway down the Nave looking toward the crossing, the papal altar & baldacchino, and the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017 (left) 1978 (right).

Right wall of the Nave, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.

Left wall of the Nave looking back toward the Portico, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.

Ceiling of the Nave, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.

Looking from the left transept back toward the Crossing and the Nave, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.
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