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Piazza San Pietro
Photo: Diliff / Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peter%27s_Square,_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg) · CC-BY-SA-3.0

Piazza San Pietro

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Opening hours not verifiedGood for kidsOutdoor
  • Typical visit15 min
  • Updated5 November 2026

Bernini's colonnade embraces the square in front of the basilica, with an Egyptian obelisk in the middle. This is where you enter St Peter's, after security.

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Data updated 5 November 2026

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