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Technology company Microsoft and the Roman Catholic Church have created a digital version of an important site. Replica
The project aims to give people a new way to see St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, home of the Catholic Church in Rome.
The project used 400,000 high quality photographs to capture a detailed computer-based replica of the building.
A replica is an exact copy of an object.
A replica can take many forms, including this sweet food called cake, created for an international cake show. Music