Jacques' photos with the Major Basilica

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : The Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), commonly known as St Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of Rome's four ancient major b…

This is the true chain of St Paul as prisoner of Rome; After being unearthed beneath the altar of Popes and the ciborium, the sarcophagus of Apostle St Paul was identified between 2000 and 2006 by scientists with carbon 14 dating tools! A hole pierced w…

The conversion of the crual king Saul who killed the first Christians to become the great Apostle of Christ and evangelize the world was said by Pope Benedict XVI during a 2008 homily a divine transformation; This altar is in the left hand transept; The a…

Italy Latium Rome Capital St Paul Outside the Walls Major Basilica UNESCO World Heritage.

It is located in front of the apse mosaic and is turned toward the large main nave; Italy Latium Rome Capital St Paul Outside the Walls Major Basilica UNESCO World Heritage.

The text is in Italian AND in English! TO SEE ENLARGED FOR READING!!! Italy Latium Rome Capital St Paul Outside the Walls Major Basilica UNESCO World Heritage.

The original of that picture was totally black as always when the flash is used in a large closed area! It is a miracle to obtain that result a little grainy with photo tools to enlight it strongly! The unique other picture taken without flash and tripod…

Left down is the ciborium built above St Paul's tomb; Under the large golden mosaic of Christ pantocrator is the main altar where a mass was happening (it is why my picture is taken above the heads of people) and on the right begins the serie of popes med…

The apse mosaic was made by Venetian artists; Christ is flanked by the Apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew and Luke; At the right foot of Christ can be seen a portrait of the Pope Honorius III, who ordered the mosaic; Italy Latium Rome Capital St Paul Outside th…

There are 265 popes medallions from St Peter to Benedict XVI represented in the whole basilica, just a little part here! Only 5 medallions are present and empty! Italy Latium Rome Capital St Paul Outside the Walls Major Basilica.

Italy Latium Rome Capital St Paul Outside the Walls Major Basilica.

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Italy Rome St Mary Major Basilica.

Altar and ciborium are located exactly above St Paul 's tomb and not precisely in the middle of this nave where I am standing (In ecclesiastical architecture, a ciborium is a canopy or covering supported by columns, freestanding in the sanctuary, that cov…

St Peter on left, the first pope of Christianity, begins the long serie of 265 popes present in the medallions of this church; Above one can see an alabaster cross window and the lapidation of a Saint; Italy Latium Roma Capital San Paolo Extra Muros Major…

Taken with no flash, no tripod (prohibited); Above the main altar is this large fantastic mosaic depicting a teaching Christ and the some Apostles (St Peter and St Andrew on his left, St Paul and St Luc on his right; Below are 24 old men of the Apocalypse…

I love this kind of view through a St Paul external arch that shows the local vegetation as in antiquity; The site for St. Paul's Basilica in 100AD was originally the "Gardens of Agrippina", then a circus of Caligula where Nero had St Peter crucified; Ita…

Carved in 1500BC and 105 feet tall, this is the oldest and tallest obelisk in Rome; Pharaoh Thutmosis III (Great-uncle of Tutankhamon) had it carved and placed in front of the Temple of Amon (Karnak) in Thebes; In 357 AD, the son of Constantine the Great…