Silver Coin Saint Peter's Basilica 2011 Standard Palau

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Sacred Art series

Exclusive silver (square - antique) coin issued by the Republic of Palau in 2011 from the Sacred Art series, dedicated to St. Peter's Basilica. The coin depicts on its reverse a glass, colored miniature of a dove - a replica of the window above the famous altar inside St. Peter's Basilica , along with the inscriptions "BASILICA SANCTI PETRI". The obverse shows the same motif along with the national emblem of the Republic of Palau, the denomination and the year of issue.

The coin comes in a deluxe transparent frame along with a numbered certificate of authenticity in a limited edition of only 999 pieces for the entire world!

St. Peter's Basilica

The original basilica was built during the reign of Emperor Constantine I the Great on the site where tradition holds that St. Peter was buried after his martyrdom, and where a memoria (prayer space around the apostle's tomb) where Christians made pilgrimages stood as early as the mid-2nd century. At that time it was outside the city walls of Rome. Construction began in 324, and in 329 the basilica was consecrated by Pope Silvester I. In the following centuries the church was repaired and decorated. In 390-395, the tomb of Emperor Theodosius I and his two wives was built south of the transept.

At that time, the popes were not yet in the Vatican, but in their palace in the Lateran. Only Pope Symmachus moved to the Vatican around the year 500 and had his residence built near the basilica. In the following centuries, the residential buildings around the basilica continued to grow.

On December 25, 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish King Charlemagne as emperor during Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Arriving for their coronation in the temple, the future emperors knelt on a large, round, dark red stone that is still placed in the floor near the entrance. In 847 a fire destroyed the basilica and it had to be redecorated. At that time the Pope again transferred his residence to the Lateran.

In the 13th century, the basilica took on a Gothic appearance. The Vatican then began to take on a fortress-like character, as the popes apparently wanted to take refuge here in times of danger. In fact, however, the building fell into disrepair during the High Middle Ages, especially during the Avignon captivity in the 14th century. Therefore, in 1451, Pope Nicholas V issued a decree for the construction of a new church of St. Peter.

St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican (San Pietro in Vaticano, sometimes called the Vatican Basilica) is one of Rome's four papal (patriarchal until 2008) or great basilicas.