The nave which leads to the central dome is in three bays, with piers supporting a

barrel-vault, the highest of any church. The nave is framed by wide aisles which have
a number of chapels off them. There are also chapels surrounding the dome. Moving
around the basilica in a clockwise direction they are: The Baptistery, the Chapel of
the Presentation of the Virgin, the larger Choir Chapel, the Clementine Chapel with the
altar of Saint Gregory, the Sacristy Entrance, the left transept with altars to the
Crucifixion of Saint Peter, Saint Joseph and Saint Thomas, the altar of the Sacred
Heart, the Chapel of the Madonna of Colonna, the altar of Saint Peter and the Paralytic,
the apse with the Chair of Saint Peter, the altar of Saint Peter raising Tabitha, the altar
of theArchangel Michael, the altar of the Navicella