Vatican Marks 500th Basilica's Anniversary

AP Online | April 20, 2006| | Copyright

NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-20-2006
Dateline: VATICAN CITY

Nuns rests on a terrace of St.Peter's Basilica as a tourist takes a picture of the dome on the day of the 500th anniversary of the laying of the first stone of the basilica, at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 18, 2006. On April 18, 1506, Pope Julius II laid the first stone of the new basilica. Amid financial difficulties and artistic bickering, it took 120 years until Pope Urban VIII consecrated the new basilica in 1626. Once completed, the basilica became the largest Roman Catholic church in the world at that ...

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