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How wide is the dome at St. Peter's Basilica?
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St. Peter's dome is 136 meters in height and 42 meters in diameter. The dome was designed by Michelangelo but completed by Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana.
See:
• Slideshow of
Vatican Post Office Issued Postcards for the Construction of the Dome.
• Rev. H. A. Phinney,
St. Peter's Dome
Vatican Notes
, Volume 17 Issue 5 1969 Pages 7-8
• Anonymous,
St. Peter's Dome
Vatican Notes
, Volume 01, Issue 4, 1953, Page: 17-19
Vatican Air Mail Stamps
Scott # C22-C23 (1953)
Vatican Air Mail Stamps
Scott # C33-C34 (1958)
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