| St. Peter's Basilica:
In about 65 AD the Romans were sacrificing Christians in Nero's Circo
Vaticano, and it's probably here that St Peter - regarded as the first
Pope - met his end. About 100 years later the site was abandoned and a
small monument to the martyr was erected. In 315, Emperor Constantine ordered
construction of a basilica on the apostle's tomb. St Peter's Basilica was
consecrated in 326. |
