Editing St. Peter's Basilica (section)

==Specifications== 
[[File:Базилика Светог Петра, Ватикан.jpg|thumb|[[Crepuscular rays]] are seen in St. Peter's Basilica at certain times each day.]] 
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* Cost of construction of the basilica: more than 46,800,052 [[ducats]]<ref name="scotti">"Since Nicholas V twenty-seven popes over a span of 178 years had imagined this day. They had already spent 46 800 052 ducats (...) And still the building was not done. The basic construction was complete, but the last genius (Bernini) to put his signature on the Basilica was just beginning his work." in {{Harvnb|Scotti|2007|p=241}}.</ref>
* Geographic orientation: chancel west, nave east
* Total length: {{convert|730|ft|m}}
* Total width: {{convert|500|ft|m}}
* Interior length including vestibule: {{convert|693.8|ft|m}},<ref name="cathency"/> more than {{frac|1|8}} mile.
* Length of the transepts in interior: {{convert|451|ft|m}}<ref name="cathency"/>
* Width of nave: {{convert|90.2|ft|m}}<ref name="cathency"/>
* Width at the tribune: {{convert|78.7|ft|m}}<ref name="cathency"/>
* Internal width at transepts: {{convert|451|ft|m}}<ref name="cathency"/>
* Internal height of nave: {{convert|151.5|ft|m}} high<ref name="cathency"/>
* Total area: {{convert|227070|ft2|m2}}, more than {{convert|5|acre|m2}}.
* Internal area: {{convert|163182.2|ft2|acre m2|2}}<ref name="cathency"/>
* Height from pavement to top of cross: {{convert|448.1|ft|m}}<ref name="DomeHeight" />
* Façade: {{convert|167|ft|m}} high by {{convert|375|ft|m}} wide
* Vestibule: {{convert|232.9|ft|m}} wide, {{convert|44.2|ft|m}} deep, and {{convert|91.8|ft|m}} high<ref name="cathency"/>
* The internal columns and pilasters: {{convert|92|ft|m}} tall
* The circumference of the central piers: {{convert|240|ft|m}}
* Outer diameter of dome: {{convert|137.7|ft|m}}<ref name="cathency"/>
* The drum of the dome: {{convert|630|ft|m}} in circumference and {{convert|65.6|ft|m}} high, rising to {{convert|240|ft|m}} from the ground
* The lantern: {{convert|63|ft|m}} high
* The ball and cross: {{convert|8|and|16|ft|m}}, respectively
* St. Peter's Square: {{convert|1115|ft|m}} long, {{convert|787.3|ft|m}} wide<ref name="cathency"/>
* Each arm of the colonnade: {{convert|306|ft|m}} long, and {{convert|64|ft|m}} high
* The colonnades have 284 columns, 88 pilasters, and 140 statues<ref name="cathency"/>
* Obelisk: {{convert|83.6|ft|m}}. Total height with base and cross, {{convert|132|ft|m}}.
* Weight of obelisk: {{convert|360.2|short ton|kg lb}}<ref name="cathency"/>
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