St. Peter's Basilica, Floor to Dome: The Nave, the Grottoes and the Climb in 360 | BabaluShow

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We walked St. Peter's from the square to the very top. Bernini's colonnade, the portico, the nave under Michelangelo's dome, down into the Vatican Grottoes where the popes are buried, then the climb: 551 steps, out onto the roof between the cupolas, around the inside of the drum with the mosaics close enough to touch, up the last stairs where the walls lean with the dome, and out into the lantern with all of Rome below.

0:00 Floor to dome
0:09 St. Peter's Square and Bernini's colonnade
1:11 The portico
1:29 The nave under Michelangelo's dome
3:12 The Vatican Grottoes
3:41 The climb: 551 steps
4:16 The roof
5:05 Inside the drum
5:48 The last stairs
6:14 The lantern and Rome all around