St. Peter's Basilica Floor Plan

An enlarged diagram of the floor plan is shown below. The numbers
correspond to the key below the diagram.
(Drawing: Stuardt-Mikhail Clarke)
Key to floor plan:
| A Statue of Charlemagne by A. Comacchini (1725) | 35 Monument to Urban VIII |
| B Statue of Constantine by Bernini (1670) | 36 Chair of St. Peter by Bernini |
| 37 Monument to Paul III (Della Porta) | |
| 1 Facade by Maderno | 38 Monument to Alexander VIII |
| 2 Mosaic "of the Navicella" by Giotto | 39 Altar of the paralytic |
| 3 Portico by Maderno | 40 St. Leo's Altar |
| 4 Bronze doors by Filarete with bas-relief above | 41 Altar dedicated to Our Lady of the Column |
| by Bernini | 42 Monument to Alexander VII (Bernini) |
| 5 Holy Door | 43 Altar dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul |
| 6 Spiral column from the Temple of Jerusalem (see note at bottom) | 44 St. Thomas' Altar |
| 7 Michelangelo's Pieta (1500) | 45 St. Joseph's Altar |
| 8 Old sarcophagus | 46 St. Martial's Altar |
| 9 Chapel of the Crucifix | 47 Monument to Pius V (Tenerani) and entrance to |
| 10 Statue of Leo XII | the Vestry and the Treasury |
| 11 Monument to Queen Christina of Sweden | 48 Altar dedicated to SS. Peter and Andrew |
| 12 Chapel of St. Sebastian and the monuments | 49 St. Gregory's Altar (tomb underneath) |
| to Pius XI and Pius XII | 50 Monument to Pius VII (Thorwaldsen) |
| 13 Monument to Innocent XII | 51 Altar of the Transfiguration |
| 14 Tomb of Countess Matilde | 52 Monument to Leo XI |
| 15 Chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament | 53 Tomb of B. Innocent XI |
| 16 Chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament Altar | 54 Chapel of the Choir |
| 17 Doorway leading to the Scala Regia | 55 Choir stalls |
| 18 Doorway leading to the organs | 56 Monument to St. Pius X |
| 19 Monument to Gregory XIII | 57 Monument to Innocent VIII |
| 20 Tomb of Gregory XIV | 58 Chapel of the Presentation and Urn of Pius X |
| 21 St. Jerome's Altar | and the monuments to Benedict XV (Canonica) |
| 22 Monument to Gregory XVI | and to John XXIII (Greco) |
| 23 Altar dedicated to Our Lady of Succour | 59 Monument to Maria Clementina Sobieski and |
| 24 St. Basil's Altar | entrance to the Dome |
| 25 Monument to Benedict XIV | 60 Tomb of the Stuarts |
| 26 St. Wenceslas' Altar | 61 Baptismal Font |
| 27 Altar dedicated to SS. Processus and Martinian | 62 Holy water stoup |
| 28 St. Erasmus' Altar | 63 Statue of St. Peter |
| 29 Altar of the Navicella | 64 Statue of St. Veronica (Mochi) |
| 30 Monument to Clement XIII (Canova c 1790) | 65 Statue of St. Helena (Bolgi) |
| 31 St. Michael's Altar | 66 Statue of St. Longinus (Bernini) |
| 32 St. Petronilla's Altar | 67 Status of St. Andrew (Duquesnoy); entrance to Vatican Grottoes |
| 33 St. Peter's Altar | 68 The Confession/St. Peter's Tomb (Maderno) |
| 34 Monument to Clement X | 69 Baldacchino by Bernini |
NOTE: This spiral column (Santa Colonna) was originally
placed where indicated at No. 6; it was then moved to the Treasury (entrance
at
No. 47).