Chapter 1736: St. Peter's Basilica

Just as Ye Tian and the others walked into St. Peter's Basilica and began to visit the world's largest Catholic church, a fight officially kicked off in Barcelona, ​​Spain.

The two parties involved in this fight were five or six mercenaries who had just smuggled into Barcelona and a notorious local gang in Barcelona.

Those mercenaries come from all over the world, and everyone is an elite on the battlefield for more than a hundred battles. I don't know how many people have blood on their hands. They are all cruel and sturdy!

As for the local Barcelona gang, it is a gang of mobs, with different levels of combat effectiveness, many of which are only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

Such a fight, the result can be imagined, there is no suspense at all.

At the same time, in Marseilles, France, not too far from Barcelona, ​​and Belgrade in Seville, there appeared a mercenary with explosive combat effectiveness, and they also came smuggled.

Like the mercenaries who appeared in Barcelona, ​​these two groups of mercenaries also came with a killing mission. The targets were a gangster in Marseille and a local gangster in Belgrade!

Ye Tian was not the one who issued this series of killing missions.

This is his revenge action. Before arriving in Rome yesterday, the reward for killing was released.

Although everyone in the world knows that he will definitely offer a reward for hunting down those gangsters who try to rob him and hitting the gangsters behind those scum, but no one expected it so soon!

Who could have imagined that he would launch a revenge action so quickly, offering a reward to kill the gang behind those scumbags, and using a thunderbolt method.

And his reward is very special, and there is no clear price, indicating the reward amount!

In that way, it is very possible to give someone a handle, or to be bitten by the law enforcement agencies of the relevant country, and the flow of money will still leave traces.

The reward he offered was three opportunities, three of which hinted at missing opportunities in the antique art market, and the missing antique artworks must be valuable!

Anyone who accepts and completes the hunting mission can get such an opportunity.

Appear in the same antique art market with him, accept his hint, pick up a big leak in the antique art market, and then convert it into money through auction.

For those mercenaries and killers who lick their blood, this is undoubtedly the most perfect mission and the most perfect way to offer a reward.

Because the money earned in this way is clean, it is wealth under the sun, and no one can question it. You can use it with confidence and boldly, without hiding it!

Ye Tian doesn't need to worry about getting into trouble, he just hinted, what kind of evidence can he leave, so as to give others a handle? No one can take him in this way!

As for his insight into antique art and his ability to pick up leaks, no one doubts at all, he has long been famous, and people all over the world know it.

When the rain of gunfire rang through Barcelona, ​​turning that city into a battlefield, Ye Tian and the others were visiting St. Peter's Cathedral and admiring this magnificent church!

Although they had been here for a while last night, it was at night after all, the lighting conditions were too poor, they didn't look carefully, and time was tight, so many places were not visited.

Today is different, there is time, and the light conditions are very good, you can enjoy the tour.

St. Peter’s Basilica, also known as St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican Basilica.

This church was originally built by Constantine the Great on the cemetery of St. Peter in 326-333. It is called the Old St. Peter’s Cathedral and was completed in 333.

After a long period of more than a thousand years, the original St. Peter's Church was dilapidated. In 1503, the then Pope Julius II decided to rebuild the church.

The reconstructed St. Peter's Basilica, designed by Michelangelo, one of the three masters of Renaissance art, is a Catholic apostolic basilica.

The church was built from 1506 to 1626, which lasted 120 years. After completion, it became one of the important symbols of the Catholic Church.

In the history of Western art and architecture, St. Peter's Basilica has an extremely important historical position. It is regarded as the most outstanding work of Renaissance architecture, and it is unparalleled!

The church has a huge area, covering an area of ​​23,000 square meters and can accommodate more than 60,000 people. In the center of the church is a 42-meter-diameter dome with a ceiling of 138 meters. The front is St. Peter's Square and Concorde Avenue.

Although St. Peter’s Basilica is not the ‘mother church’ of all Catholic churches, nor is it the pope’s cathedral, it is still regarded as the most sacred site of the Catholic Church.

In the process of designing and building St. Peter's Basilica, in addition to the designer Michelangelo, many famous architects and art masters of the Italian Renaissance have left their marks here.

This includes famous architects and art masters such as Bramonte, Raphael, Sangallo, Bernini, etc. For example, St. Peter's Square was designed by Bernini.

Due to its ceremonial role, St. Peter's Basilica is one of the famous Catholic pilgrimage sites.

The Pope holds many ceremonies here every year, including the number of people inside and outside the temple. Each time the ceremony is held, about 15,000 to 80,000 people will participate. The scene is very grand.

St. Peter’s Basilica has a strong connection with many in the history of Catholicism, including early Christianity, the Papal State, the Reformation, the Anti-reformation, and so on.

In addition to its important position and great influence in the fields of religion and politics, St. Peter's Basilica is also a temple of art, which has attracted countless art lovers.

This Renaissance-style building alone is an incomparable top antique artwork. It is Michelangelo's greatest architectural work, and it is a coagulation of the efforts of many masters.

In addition, there are countless top antique artworks displayed in this church, which is dizzying and intoxicating!

On the left and right sides of the entrance of St. Peter’s Cathedral, there are two tall and solemn statues, namely the statues of St. Peter and St. Paul, watching every visitor entering and exiting the church.

Both of these two statues were made by famous artists. They are exquisitely carved, lifelike and lifelike. If their hair and skin are painted with real colors, they might be regarded as real people!

Entering the church, in the corridor on the right, there are displayed Michelangelo's 23-year-old bronze statue of "St. Peter". Although people can only admire it through the glass, it still impresses everyone.

And on the walls and roofs of the church, there are murals with the theme of "Bible" stories everywhere, and every mural is made by famous artists~www.wuxiaspot.com~ with extraordinary artistic value.

But the most precious antique works of art in St. Peter’s Basilica are the sculptures displayed here.

In addition to Michelangelo's "St. Peter" at the door, there is also another masterpiece by Michelangelo, the sculpture "The Pieta".

Michelangelo loved the religious subject of the Pieta very much, and created many works on this subject in his life, including sculptures, paintings, and frescoes!

But the most outstanding piece of "The Pieta" is the sculpture displayed in St. Peter's Basilica.

In addition to Michelangelo's sculptures, there is also a bronze canopy designed and carved by Bernini.

It is supported by four spiral copper pillars and is as high as a five-story building. The semicircular railing in front of the canopy is always lit with 99 eternal lights, and below is the Pontifical Altar and the tomb of St. Peter.

Only the pope can board this altar, face the rising sun in the east, and celebrate mass in front of pilgrims.

There is another heavyweight antique artwork here, the throne of St. Peter, also by the artist Bernini, a gilded bronze throne.

Of course, the most spectacular view in this church is the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest dome in the world designed by Michelangelo himself.

Standing under this dome and looking up, you will feel that everything in the church looks so small, and you will be completely shocked by Michelangelo's amazing talent!

Although they visited the largest church in the world last night, Ye Tian and the others still felt very shocked when they walked here again today. They couldn't help but stop and begin to appreciate it carefully!