Pictures from Portrait of a Lady
.......... Photos courtesy of St. Peter's of Rome at Greatbuildings.com Home	St. Peter's "She had not been one of the superior tourists who are 'disappointed' in Saint Peter's and find it smaller than its fame; the first time she passed beneath the huge leathern curtain that strains and bangs at the entrance, the first time she found herself beneath the far-arching dome and saw the light drizzle down through the air  thickened with incense and with the reflections of marble and gilt, of mosaic and bronze, her conception of greatness rose and dizzily rose.  After this it never lacked space to soar" (258)