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Piazza San Pietro

Town square · Città del Vaticano ·

Piazza San Pietro

Town square · Città del Vaticano ·
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What is a Conclave and How is a New Pope Decided?

Packed with an enormous crowd, this vast plaza in front of St Peter’s Basilica reportedly held around 250,000 people for Pope Francis’s funeral Mass, giving a sense of how it can transform into a dramatic, emotionally charged gathering place for major Vatican events. - Liv Kelly

https://www.timeout.com/news/what-is-a-conclave-and-how-is-a-new-pope-decided-050825

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Iconic Roman piazza with Bernini colonnades framing Renaissance basilica

vatican city
rome
snow
winter wonderland
Featured in Vogue
Featured in
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00120 Get directions

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