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St. Peter's Basilica
🕑 Added 2026-01-15 13:54:35 +0000 UTCSt. Peter's Basilica is finished. Well, provisionally finished. I really do hate posting the map without the background and surrounding buildings, but it's necessary for now and I want to explain why.
Since I'm drawing all of Vatican City, I will eventually draw each building, but I need to draw them separately, because, in my experience, drawing part of a building is a good way to end up redrawing it later. And the map above includes not only the basilica, but part of the sacristy, the Apostolic Palace and a tiny bit of the Sistine Chapel. So I need to finish those first, then add them to this map, then draw in the background around them. In the long run, this is what gets Vatican City done faster and I hope everyone is okay with that.
Next up, I'll be drawing a map of Mesa Verde, an ancient Native American settlement carved into a cliffside in the Rocky Mountains. I'll try to draw it as it was when it was occupied, which I should be able to do, since archaeologists seem to have figured out what most of the buildings were for.
Anyway, I hope you like the basilica and I promise you that the surroundings will be drawn in eventually. I gave the map a lot of extra love and I hope you feel it was worth the time and effort. Either way, let me know what you think!
Comments
Milby's Maps
Hey, it's my pleasure! Please do use it, of course. And good luck with the campaign!
Joan
Milby, I'm amazed at the quality of your work. I think my words will fall short to the kind of praise I'd like to give you. I'll just say that you've created a piece of art that most map makers won't and in my opinion can't do. The mosaics are one of the many things I love the most from this project. With your blessing I'll be using this building in my own D&D campaign, but understand that the beauty of this map goes beyond what we may use it for in any of our TTRPGs. Thank you so much.
Wilfred_of_Ivanhoe
Well, I now have a b.... this is a really great map.
