Immobile Extraterritoriale Vaticano - Vatican Extraterritorial Property |
Abbazia di San Paolo Fuori le Mura - St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, the 2nd largest church in Rome |
The first church was built in 324 by Roman Emperor Constantine over the burial place of St. Paul |
Plan of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls |
Tablet to the 1840 reconsecration of the high altar by Pope Gregory XVI after the 1823 fire |
Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura |
Window made of translucent alabaster, gift of King Fouad I of Egypt |
Upper corner, St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Nave of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Nave of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Nave of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
The 5th C. mosaics of the Triumphal Arch survived the 1923 fire |
The nave is surrounded by mosaics of each of the popes |
Popes Paul V, Leo XI, Clement VIII, Innocent IX |
Popes Urban VII, Sixtus V, Gregory XIII |
Acts 20:37 procumbentes super collum pauli osculabantur |
Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura |
Altar of Pope Pius IX |
Coat-of-Arms of Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) |
Bronze Door, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Bronze door detail, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Narthex - colonnaded portico of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Bronze door with silver inlays depicting the lift of St. Paul, 19289-1931 |
Bronze door with silver inlays depicting the lift of St. Paul, 19289-1931 |
Detail of the central door to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Sculpture of St. Paul |
Sculpture of St. Paul bearing a sword, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Sculpture of St. Peter, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
The façade mosaics of St. Paul Outside the Walls were completed 1854-1874 |
Christ between Its Peter and Paul, upper façade mosaics, Basilica of St. Paul |
Statue of St. Paul by Giuseppe Obici at the center of the quadriportico in front of the basilica |
Praedicatori Veritatis Doctori Gentum - preacher of truth, teacher of the gentiles |
Mosaic façade with the lower portion depicting Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel - St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Quadriportico in front of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Quadriportico in front of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Mosaic roundel of a ship and two whales, St. Paul Outside the Walls |
St. Luke by Francesco Fabi-Altini |
Detail of the New Holy Door by Enrico Manfrini, installed in the Jubilee Year 2000, St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Of the 3 main doors to the Basilica, only one is regularly used |
One of the 4 side aisle, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Detail of the one of the columns, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Rear of the Nave, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Ceiling with coat of arms of Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) |
Beautiful mosaic-covered interior of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Jesus Appears to St. Paul on the Road to Damascus |
Triumphal Arch in front of the altar and apse with original 5th C. mosaics, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Mosaic of Christ from the 5th C. under Pope Leo the Great (440-461) |
The 5th Century of the Arch of Galla Placidia were able to be restored after the 1823 fire |
Mosaics of the 20th Century Popes - Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II |
Popes Francis, Benedict XVI, John Paul II |
Mosaic of Pope Benedict XVI, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Mosaic of the current pope, Francis, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Candelabrum of St. Paul (Easter Candle), 12-13th C. |
Candelabrum of St. Paul (Easter Candle), 12-13th C. |
Tomb of the Apostle St. Paul |
Pope Pius IX year 15 = 1861 |
Gothic baldachin above the Papal Altar and Tomb of St. Paul |
The apse mosaic was commissioned by Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) and appears as it did then |
Central figure of Christ in the Apse Mosaic |
Apse Mosaic, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Apse mosaic with Sts. Luke, Paul, Peter, Andrew |
Apse Mosaic - St. Paul, St. Luke |
Transept, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Transept, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Nave of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls seen from near the Altar |
One of the 4 side aisles, Basilica of St. Paul |
Altar of the Conversion with statues of Pope Leo the Great and St. Benedict |
Altar of the Conversion, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Looking across the transept, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Cappella S. Stefano - Chapel of St. Stephen, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura |
Statue of the Martyr St. Stephen by Rinaldo Rinaldi |
Egyptian alabaster window and painting of St. Paul preaching |
Transept and the Triumphal Arch of Galla Placidia |
Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento - Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Behind the Papal Altar, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Looking through the back side of the Triumphal Arch to the Baldachin and Nave, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Mosaic of Christ on the back side of the Triumphal Arch commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI in 1840 |
Cappella di San Lorenzo - Chapel of St. Laurence, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
A little Devil - Cappella di San Benedetto, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Cappella di San Benedetto with a seated statue of the abbot by Pietro Tenerani |
St. John the Baptist, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
South Transept, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
South Transept, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
The malachite altar of the transept was donated by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia |
Altar of the Coronation of the Virgin, south transept, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Oratory of San Giuliano - Sala del Martirologio with fresco fragments of the saints from the 12th-13th C. |
Cloister of the Benedictine Abbey connected to the Basilica of St. Paul |
Painting in the Cloister of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Chapel of the Reliquaries - Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Reliquary of an arm, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
The south transept seen from the cloister, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
The Cloister of St. Paul Outside the Wall is lined with ancient carvings and altars |
Sarcophagus, Cloister of the Basilica of St. Paul |
Carved relief and inscribed tablets, Cloister of the Basilica of St. Paul |
The Dogmatic Sarcophagus, also called the Sarcophagus of the Two Testaments |
Detail of the Sarcophagus of the Two Testaments |
Detail of the Sarcophagus of the Two Testaments |
Detail of the Sarcophagus of the Two Testaments |
Sculpture of a head without the body, Cloister of St. Paul |
Lithograph of the 1823 fire which destroyed much of the Basilica of St. Paul |
Lithograph of the Basilica of St. Paul after the 1823 fire |
Apse and Transept of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Egyptian Alabaster Windows with a fresco of St. Paul taken to heaven |
Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls - San Paolo Fuori le Mura |
Apse of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Apse of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Altar of the Conversion of St. Paul, North Transept |
North aisle, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Baldachin over the Papal Altar and Tomb of St. Paul |
Sculpture of St. Peter, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Side aisle, Basilica of St. Paul |
Quadriportico, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Quadriportico, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Quadriportico, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Extraterritorial Building of the Vatican |
Neoclassical Campanile by Luigi Poletti, completed in 1860 |
Bell Tower of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
Eastern exterior of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |