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Vatican city, Vatican - April 19, 2005: Cardinals wearing red suits on the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica after election of new Pope. Election procedure also known as papal conclave or meeting of the College of Cardinals in Vatican on April 19, 2005.

View of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica over the Collonade of St. Peter's Square

Vatican, Rome, Italy - October 9, 2020: Facade of Saint Peter's Basilica. Balcony called the The Blessing Lodge from which the newly elected Pope gives his first blessing Urbi et Orbi

Rome, Italy - October 10, 2023: Fifteen saints line the top of the colonnade that encloses the main courtyard in front of the basilica of St. Peter in Rome.

Vatican City, Vatican City State - October 11, 2007: External view of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican City, seen at the centre of the photo. It is towards this roof that the faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square look to, for the first signs of a newly elected pope by the Conclave of the College of Cardinals: black smoke denotes that the ballot was inconclusive, white smoke indicates they have a new Pope. The Sistine Chapel is the Pope's private chapel. To the left is a section of St. Peter's Basilica. To the right is a section of the Vatican Museum and Palace. Photo shot in the afternoon sunlight from St. Peter's Square; horizontal format.

Rome, Italy - December 02, 2017: Sculptures on the colonnade near San Pietro square in Vatican city

Vatican, July 03 -- A detailed and perspective view of Bernini's Colonnade with its monumental statues at the top in the square of St. Peter's Basilica, in the historic center of Rome. The majestic colonnade by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, built starting from 1655 under the pontificate of Alexander VII, is made up of 284 Doric-style columns, each 16 meters high, aligned in four rows arranged in a radius. Above each row of columns are 140 monumental statues depicting saints, popes and martyrs of Christianity. St. Peter's Basilica, built between 1506 and 1626 in Renaissance and Baroque style, is the center of the Catholic religion and one of the most visited places in the world for its immense artistic and architectural heritage, with works of art by Michelangelo, Raphael, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pietro da Cortona and other famous artists. In 1980 the historic center of Rome was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Image in high definition format.

Facade ofthe Saint Peter Basilica in Vatican with the famous balcony of the pape

The buildings by the side of St. Peter place

Vatican City, Vatican - September 16 2022: Bernini Colonnade at St. Peters Square in Vatican

Vatican City State, Italy - May 8, 2025: White smoke is seen from the temporary chimney on the Sistine Chapel roof as Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected new Pope Leo XIV.

Rome Italy - May 21 2011; Saint statues on top collonnade in St. Peter's Square. in Vatican City.

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Vatican, Vatican – April 21, 2024: The Pope Francis I (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) giving Sunday blessing from an Apostolic Palace window

Vatican, Italy, November 07 -- The sunset light on the majestic dome of St. Peter's Basilica. In the foreground the monumental statues placed on the top of the facade of the Basilica, depicting Christ, John the Baptist and the Apostles. The Basilica of St. Peter's, in the Vatican, is the center of the Catholic religion, one of the most visited places in the world and in Rome for its immense artistic and architectural treasures. Photo in High Definition format.

Buildings in Vatican, the Holy See within Rome, Italy. Part of Saint Peter's Basilica.

Impressive view of sunlit colonnade in Rome, Italy

Vatican City, Vatican - September 15 2022: St. Peter's Basilica Landscape in Vatican City, Rome, Italy

View of the Drum of St. Peter’s Basilica at Vatican city. This complex is the main center of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, burial site of Saint Peter the apostle and seat of the Pope. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world daily visit St. Peter´s Basilica.

Rome, Vatican - 17 Jul 2011: St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican, Rome, Italy

Pope Francis speaks from the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.

St. Stephen's basilica detail in center of Budapest Hungary

Vatican, January 01 -- A blanket of fog envelops the dome of St. Peter and the monumental statues on the facade of the Basilica and on Bernini's Colonnade (left). Characterized by giant columns and pilasters, the immense facade of San Pietro (118 meters wide and 48 high), was conceived by the architect Carlo Maderno to complete Michelangelo's previous project and built between 1608 and 1614. The Basilica of St. Peter's, in the Vatican, is the center of the Catholic religion, one of the most visited places in the world and in Rome for its immense artistic and architectural treasures. In 1980 the historic center of Rome was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Super wide angle image in high definition format.

Rome Italy - May 22 2011; Multiple Architectural features of St Peter's Basilica.

Rome, Italy - December 19, 2019: Detail of Petersdom in Rome, Italy.

Vatican - October 2022: St. Peter's Basilica facade on St. Peter's square in Vatican

Italy, Rome-November 19,2024: The historical statues in St. Peter's Square

Rome, Italy - March 6, 2022: A picture of Pope Francis waving from the Apostolic Palace.

Aerial view of Rome, taken from top of St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy

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