A Basilica above the grave

Discovering the Vatican Season 1 Episode 5

Overview:
The St. Peter's Basilica is the finest baroque Christian Temple. Three of its most important elements: dome, canopy and tomb of St. Peter, make stome and marble-spelled manifesto of the Christian faith. Metaphoric meaning of them, as well as their history and other treasures of the Basilica - Pieta, Grave of Alexander VII, Obelisk, The Finger of St. Peter - are revealed by the most famous experts in the art and Basilica history.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : -

Release Date : 2006-05-28

Duration : 367 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

A tomb on the hill
1. A tomb on the hill
Papal electors
2. Papal electors
A state in the hill's shadow
3. A state in the hill's shadow
The divisions of His Holiness
4. The divisions of His Holiness
A Basilica above the grave
5. A Basilica above the grave
The papal household
6. The papal household
The white car
7. The white car
Papal antiques
8. Papal antiques
Garden on the hill
9. Garden on the hill
The vatican's residents
10. The vatican's residents
The hospital of art
11. The hospital of art
St.Peter's media
12. St.Peter's media
Things that stayed, things that passed
13. Things that stayed, things that passed
Chapel of the beginning and end
14. Chapel of the beginning and end

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