Basilica of St. Peter in Vincoli

St. Peter's Basilica, founded in 442, is also known as the Eudossian Basilica after the name of its founder, Licinia Eudossia (422-493). The church has undergone numerous restorations, the most important of which were carried out by Hadrian I in 780, by Sixtus IV in 1471 and by Julius II in 1503. Other restorations were carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries. The church is best known for housing the tomb of Julius II with the famous Moses of Michelangelo .

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