The church stands on the Janiculum hill, on the site of an earlier 9th-century church of St. Peter. Funding from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain paid for the rebuilding, and Pope Alexander VI consecrated it in 1500. The infobox gives groundbreaking in 1481 and credits Bramante as architect, while the text credits him only with the Tempietto.
The Tempietto is a small commemorative martyrium in the courtyard, possibly built as early as 1502. The article calls it a masterpiece of High Renaissance architecture. The intro says it marks the supposed site of St. Peter's crucifixion, while a later section says it is intended to mark the exact spot.
Raphael's Transfiguration was the high altarpiece until 1797, and the Raimondi Chapel of 1640 is by Bernini. Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, is among four Irish noblemen buried at the high altar. The article gives no visiting details.
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