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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica
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Publish Date: 2018-04-17 21:05:24
Description: Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred buildings. St. Peter’s Basilica, whose enormous Michelangelo-designed dome makes it one of the most dominant features on the Rome skyline, is located on what Catholics believe is the burial site of Saint Peter, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Emperor Constantine the Great had built an earlier basilica on the site of a shrine that was reputed to mark St. Peter’s burial place in the 4th century. However, this building had fallen into a poor state of repair by the 15th century ...
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