One of the four major basilicas in Rome "the headquarters of the Catholic".

Here is the head temple of the Catholic Church. Located on the southeast end of the Vatican City. In the meaning of "St. Peter", St. Peter's has been derived to read Italian Apostle Peter Christian (Peter). According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, St. Peter's Basilica is the Cathedral dedicated to the tomb of the Apostle Peter originally, I am proud of the size of the world's largest. Founded the 4th century. The current church is what Upon the second generation, was completed in 1626. About 120m height, maximum width about 156m, 211.5m in length, a total area of ​​49,737 m². There plaza major axis 200m, 165m of minor axis is (St. Peter's Square) in front of the church. Treasures the Pope and the audience plants adjacent to the Vatican, to the south to the north. Renaissance, through the Baroque era, was rebuilt as huge church worthy of the Pope, artists of the first class at the time was involved in the Zoei. Majesty appropriate, including its enormity, grandeur, the luxury of internal decoration, to be called the Cathedral in the Cathedral. The whole country is registered World Heritage Site by UNESCO in (cultural heritage) as a "Vatican City".