Holy See - St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

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St Peter's Basilica is one of the world's most gloriously ostentatious displays of papal wealth, as well as as a monument to some of Italy's foremost artists and architects, including Michelangelo and Raphael. The cavernous interior holds up to 60,000 people. Bernini's Baroque baldacchino stands 29m (95ft) high in the centre of the church. The high altar, at which only the Pope can serve, stands over the site of St Peter's grave.

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