I think that anyone can enjoy the interior of St. Peter and these Art Army shots come on every trip. I don't know when I will be able to go without a camera. I probably could now.
It is unchanging for the most part. Faces of students and travelers change, but Bernini and the artwork hasn't changed since it was put in place. What it tells me is how much the Roman Catholic Church was influenced by the culture of ancient Rome. The inlaid marble, the mosaics, the gold, the grandeur, is all from Imperial Rome. I still think the Hagia Sophia is a more impressive Christian church, especially since it was put up almost one thousand years earlier. But now it is museum and St. Peter's lives on....
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