Basilica of Saint Peter - Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano

The St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican State inside Rome is the largest Christian church in the world. The cathedral covers 23,000 m_² and accommodates 60,000 people.

Used by the Pope for most of the Papal ceremonies like the Easter Vigil Mass.

Right now while I write this on Easter Sunday the large eastern Mass in St. Peter's Square in front of the Basilica take place.

This QTVR is as far as I know the only existing one from inside the Basilica. Photography inside the Basilica is allowed but using a tripod is not allowed which makes it very difficult to do a high Quality Spherical panorama.

The Vatican has strict rules for professional photographers and getting a permission is hard.

As the Basilica is always full of tourists it makes it even more difficult. Inaki Rezola made this one freehand using a fullframe fisheye lens. This means 6-8 images around + 1 image up and down.

View also the St Peter's Square at the death of the Pope 2005

Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore

Links:

St Peter's Basilica at Wikipedia

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