In 1626, St. Peter's cost $33 Billion. What would it cost now?
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This video calculates the historical construction cost of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, estimating it at 46,800,498 ducati or $32.76 billion, and compares it with the estimated cost of building an exact replica today using modern construction methods.
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Answers: How much did St. Peter's Basilica cost to build and how much would a replica cost today?
- Historical construction costs
- St. Peter's Basilica
- Vatican City architecture
- Papal finances
- Renaissance architecture
- Travertine quarries
- Gold ducats and scudi
- Modern construction cost estimation
- Taj Mahal construction costs
What it concludes
- Carlo Fontana estimated that St. Peter's Basilica cost 46,800,498 scudi to build.
- Based on historical wages, the historical construction cost of St. Peter's Basilica is equivalent to about $32.76 billion today.
- A modern construction estimate by an engineer places the cost of a St. Peter's replica at $11.6 billion taking 27 years.
- A second anonymous estimator calculated the basic construction costs of a St. Peter's replica at $891 million, with a total cost around $1.5 billion.
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