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it is not only the biggest church of this small country but the biggest church of the world, built to amaze the other nations and covered by 22.000 meter squared of marble, it houses important statues by Bernini and the Pietà by Michelangelo. The basilica is a place of extremes, a canopy by Bernini which weighs 120 tons of bronze, the highest dome of Rome, the most expensive marbles of Europe, 149 popes buried under the church plus 6 queens. It is visited for different reasons by millions of people every year, taking also a good chance to see the Pope, at the official papal audience every Wednesday or for the brief blessing every Sunday at noon from his window. |
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