Italy - Rome - St. Peter's Basilica
Friday, December 7th, 2007
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There is a reason this cathedral is the center of the Catholic church, it is simply massive. I know that I had seen this place before, but I don't know at all how I could have been so unimpressed. This time I think I appreciated the building appropriately.
Everything has such a huge scale in that building. The statues suspended from the wall, the arches, the text written around the top of the building is all huge.
 There is a prayer room off to the side of the main hall where pictures aren't allowed. Prayerful worshipers were in there praying and I was able to lift up a prayer. It was very reverent and holy in there and wonderfully decorated. There were marble angles praying to a temple made of red and green marble. I wish I could have taken a picture, but it was good that there could be a place of reverence in a building that so many tourists come to see.
There was even a service going on in the left wing of the church. It would have been amazing to see the Basilica and the courtyard filled with people. Even though, I am so glad to go see it, a trip to Rome is incomplete if you don't see this church. In addition to being the largest dome in the world, it has to be one of the largest buildings.
click here to see pictures from St. Peter's Basilica
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