What is the overall size of St.Peters Basilica in Rome.
2007-10-31 02:58:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
St.Peter`s Basilica covers nearly 430,000 sq ft,enough for a half dozen football fields.
This makes it the largest church in Christendom, it has nearly 500 columns, over 430 large statues,40 sepreate alyars and 10 domes.
2007-10-31 03:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
it covers an area of 2.3 ha (5.7 acres) and has a capacity of over 60,000 people.
the double dome is brick, 42.3 meters (138.8 ft) in interior diameter (almost as large as the Pantheon), rising to 120 meters (394 ft) above the floor. In the mid-18th century, cracks appeared in the dome, so four iron chains were installed between the two shells to bind it, like the rings that keep a barrel from bursting. (Visitors who climb the spiral stairs between the dome shells can glimpse them.) The four piers of the crossing that support it are each 18 metres (59 ft) across. It is not simply its vast scale (136.57 m or 448.06 ft from the floor of the church to the top of the added cross)
2007-10-31 03:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i'm sure you'll get answers with the specifics as I don't know but wanted to add that St. Peter is said to be buried there......i just thought it ironic since he's the rock on which the church is built and he's literally at the place which occupies the largest "church" in the world
2007-10-31 03:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by Hope 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Big. Damn big.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter's_Basilica
5.7 acres apparently.
Been there. It is a beautiful piece of architecture.
2007-10-31 03:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by Simon T 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋