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Built in the fifth century to house the chains believed to have bound Saint Peter during his imprisonment in Jerusalem, the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli stands on the slope of the Esquiline Hill in central Rome. The chains are still kept beneath the main altar, where they are venerated on the saint feast day, but most visitors come for an entirely different reason: Michelangelo Moses. The original basilica was funded by the empress Eudoxia in 432-440 AD to house the relic and has been rebu...