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Piazza San Pietro
Town square · Città del Vaticano ·
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
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Iconic Roman piazza with Bernini colonnades framing Renaissance basilica
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