Lentorama 2026: Hic es: aedificia Vaticani 

Day 35: Sacristy, St. Peter's Basilica

Like I said, more on this, but not much more.

The current sacristy was the idea of Pope Pius VI, who laid its cornerstone in 1776, and saw it inaugurated in 1784. It stands on the place of the old sacristy, though some additional buildings were demolished so architect Carlo Marchionni could build the new one at an appropriately monumental scale.

The sacristy is connected to the basilica by two covered walkways, one enters into a side chapel while the other is near the tomb of Pius VIII.