​San Pietro in Vincoli *****

Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli
​Opening Hours: 7:00am to 1:00pm; 2:30 to 7:00pm

Built about 442 as a shrine to preserve the chains believed to be those  which had bound the Apostle Peter during his captivity in Jerusalem. To these later were added the chains which are believed to have bound the same Apostle in Rome. Restored for the first time by Hadrian I during the 8th century, the church was subsequently altered several times, especially during the 15th and 16th centuries.

​One of Michelagelo’s masterpieces  -  Moses – is in the right transept.