Places to see in ( Vatican City - Italy ) Vatican Egyptian Obelisk
Places to see in ( Vatican City - Italy ) Vatican Egyptian Obelisk
Images of Saint Peter’s Square are frequently broadcast around the World. Not surprising really given that this is at the public heart of the Vatican City. Cameras tend to be directed towards St Peter’s Basilica and its iconic Renaissance dome, which dominates the skyline of Rome. Another monument also features prominently in these images; and that is the obelisk that stands at the centre of the square. An obelisk that was brought to Rome from Egypt by Caligula in 37 AD. But, why does the Vatican have a four thousand year old Egyptian obelisk
There are a number of Egyptian obelisks standing in Rome, in fact 13 of them. There are more erect obelisks from Egypt in Rome than there are anywhere else in the World, including Egypt. They were all brought to Rome by various Roman Emperors. This particular example, often called the Vatican Obelisk and sometimes Caligula’s Obelisk, is the only ancient Egyptian obelisk in Rome to have remained standing since Roman times.
Sadly, little is known of its origins or which Pharaoh ordered its construction, because it has no hieroglyphs on it that would record that information. It was certainly quarried in Egypt and intended to be erected in Heliopolis. Sometime between 30 and 28 BC the red granite obelisk shows up in Alexandria under Augustus’s instructions to have it erected in the Julian Forum there.
It was Gaius Caligula who had the obelisk bought to Rome in 37 AD. It was the largest non-inscribed obelisk to leave Egypt, at 25.5 m high and weighing an estimated 326 tonnes. The obelisk was originally erected in gardens Caligula had inherited from his mother, and then on the central spina of a circus that was started by Caligula and completed during Nero’s reign. Much of this circus is under under the basilica and square, the original spot for the obelisk is near the present-day sacristy, south of the basilica
Because of the solid pedestal on which the obelisk was placed, it remained standing for 1,500 until it was moved to where it stands today in Saint Peter’s Square. It took thirteen months, between 1585 and 1586 to move and re-erect the obelisk. The idea to move it was that of Pope Sixtus V, as part of his desire to recover and re-erect all the obelisks lying then in the ruins of Rome.
Legend had it that the original metal globe that was placed at the top held the ashes of Julius Caesar. During the re-siting of the obelisk, the globe was opened and found to be empty. The globe can now be seen in the Museo dei Conservatori. The cross at the top of the obelisk today is said to have certain relics of Jesus Christ.
For anyone interested in reading more about the various Egyptian obelisks scattered in cities around the World, I thoroughly recommend Susan Sorek’s The Emperors’ Needles. Sorek’s book provides fascinating biographies of each of the obelisks, explaining why these objects were so significant to Roman rulers.
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The Vatican Obelisk, a sundial with 2000 years of history
Rome has more obelisks than any other city in the world. There are thirteen of these tall monuments that help make up the history of ancient Rome. One of the most well known, stands in the middle of St. Peter's Square, measuring 82 feet tall and weighing 320 tons. .
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St. Peter's Basilica located in the Vatican City Rome Italy, west of the Tiber River near the Janiculum Hill and Hadrian's Mausoleum. It's CUPOLA (dome) dominates the skyline of Rome. The basilica is approached via St. Peter's Square. It's Renaissance style facade of the basilica, with giant columns, stretches across the end of the square and is approached by steps on which stand two 18.2 ft statues of the 1st-century apostles to Rome, Saints Peter and Paul.
The basilica is cruciform shaped, with elongated nave in the Latin cross. The central space is dominated both externally and internally by one of the largest domes in the world. One of the decorated bronze doors leading from the narthex is the Holy Door, only opened during jubieles. The interior is of vast dimensions when compared with other churches. Only gradually does it dawn upon us – as we watch people draw near to this or that monument, strangely they appear to shrink; they are dwarfed by the scale of everything in the building. With piers supporting a barrel-vault, the highest of any church. The nave has a number of chapels. There are also chapels surrounding the dome around 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 Saint Peter, the apse with the Chair of Saint Peter, the altar of Saint Peter raising Tabitha, the altar of the Archangel Michael, the altar of the Navicella, the right transept with altars of Saint Erasmus, Saints Processo and Martiniano, and Saint Wenceslas, the altar of Saint Basil, the Gregorian Chapel with the altar of the Madonna of Succour, the larger Chapel of the Holy Sacrament, the Chapel of Saint Sebastian and the Chapel of the Pietà. At the heart of the basilica, beneath the high altar, is the Confessio or Chapel of the Confession, in reference to the confession of faith by St. Peter, which led to his martyrdom. Two curving marble staircases lead to this underground chapel at the level of the Constantinian church and immediately above the burial place of Saint Peter. The entire interior of St. Peter's is decorated with marble, reliefs, architectural sculpture and gilding. Contains a large number of tombs of popes and a number of sculptures in niches and chapels, including Michelangelo's Pietà. The central feature is a baldachino, or canopy over the Papal Altar, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The sanctuary a sculptural ensemble, also by Bernini, and containing the symbolic Chair of Saint Peter. One observer wrote: St Peter's Basilica is the reason why Rome is still the center of the civilized world. For religious, historical, and architectural reasons it by itself justifies a journey to Rome..... The American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson described St. Peter's as an ornament of the earth .... After the crucifixion of Jesus on Friday 7 April, AD 30, it is recorded in the Biblical book of the Acts of the Apostles that one of his twelve disciples, Simon known as Saint Peter, took a leadership position among Jesus' followers and was of great importance in the founding of the Christian Church. It is believed by a long tradition that Peter, after a ministry of thirty-four years, traveled to Rome and met his martyrdom there with Paul on 13 October, AD 64 during the reign of the Roman Emperor Nero. The execution was one of many martyrdom of Christians following the Great Fire of Rome. According to Origin, Peter was crucified head downwards, by his own request because he considered himself unworthy to die in the same manner as Jesus. The crucifixion took place near an ancient Egyptian obelisk in the Circus of Nero. The obelisk now stands in St. Peter's Square and revered as a witness to Peter's death. According to tradition, Peter's remains were buried outside the Circus, on the Mons Vaticanus across the Via Cornelia from the Circus, less than 490 ft from his place of death. Peter's grave was initially marked by a red rock, symbolic of his name. A shrine was built on this site some years later. Almost three hundred years later, Old St. Peter's Basilica was constructed over this site.
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St. Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro,) is a massive plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo.At the centre of the square is an Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
Obelisk: At the center of the ovato tondo stands an Egyptian obelisk of red granite, 25.5 metres tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 metres to the cross on its top. The obelisk was originally erected at Heliopolis, Egypt, by an unknown pharaoh of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt (c. 2494 BC – 2345 BC). During its history of c. 4400 years (at the start of the 2010s), the obelisk has been successfully moved three times.
The Emperor Augustus (c. 63 BC – 14 AD) had the obelisk moved to the Julian Forum of Alexandria, where it stood until 37 AD, when Caligula ordered the forum demolished and the obelisk transferred to Rome. He had it placed on the spina which ran along the centre of the Circus of Nero, where it would preside over Nero's countless brutal games and Christian executions.
It was moved to its current site in 1586 by the engineer-architect Domenico Fontana under the direction of Pope Sixtus V; the engineering feat of re-erecting its vast weight was memorialized in a suite of engravings (illustrated right). The Vatican Obelisk is the only obelisk in Rome that has not toppled since ancient Roman times. During the Middle Ages, the gilt ball on top of the obelisk was believed to contain the ashes of Julius Caesar. Fontana later removed the ancient metal ball, now in a Rome museum, that stood atop the obelisk and found only dust. Christopher Hibbert (page 178) writes that the ball was found to be solid. Though Bernini had no influence in the erection of the obelisk, he did use it as the centerpiece of his magnificent piazza.
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Pope Gregory XVI had the Gregorian Egyptian Museum founded in 1839. It houses monuments and artefacts of ancient Egypt partly coming from Rome and from Villa Adriana (Tivoli), where they had been transferred mostly in the Imperial age, and partly from private collections, that is purchased by nineteenth century collectors. The Popes’ interest in Egypt was connected with the fundamental role attributed to this country by the Sacred Scripture in the History of Salvation. The Museum occupies nine rooms divided by a large hemicycle that opens towards the terrace of the Niche of the Fir Cone, in which there are numerous sculptures. The last two rooms house finds from ancient Mesopotamia and from Syria-Palestine.
The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are Christian art museums located within the city boundaries of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display,[3] and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.[4]
Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century.[5] The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by Raphael, are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. In 2017, they were visited by 6 million people, which combined makes it the 4th most visited art museum in the world.[6][7] It is one of the largest museums in the world.
There are 54 galleries, or sale, in total,[citation needed] with the Sistine Chapel, notably, being the very last sala within the Museum.
The Vatican Museums trace their origin to one marble sculpture, purchased in the 16th century: Laocoön and His Sons was discovered on 14 January 1506, in a vineyard near the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Pope Julius II sent Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti, who were working at the Vatican, to examine the discovery. On their recommendation, the pope immediately purchased the sculpture from the vineyard owner. The pope put the sculpture, which depicts the Trojan priest Laocoön and his two sons being attacked by giant serpents, on public display at the Vatican exactly one month after its discovery.
Benedict XIV founded the Museum Christianum, and some of the Vatican collections formed the Lateran Museum, which Pius IX founded by decree in 1854.[8]
The Museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006 by permanently opening the excavations of a Vatican Hill necropolis to the public.[9]
On 1 January 2017, Barbara Jatta became the Director of the Vatican Museums, replacing Antonio Paolucci who had been director since 2007.[10][11]
The art gallery was housed in the Borgia Apartment until Pope Pius XI ordered construction of a proper building. The new building, designed by Luca Beltrami, was inaugurated on 27 October 1932.[12] The museum's paintings include:
Giotto's Stefaneschi Triptych
Olivuccio di Ciccarello, Opere di Misericordia
Raphael's Madonna of Foligno, Oddi Altarpiece and Transfiguration
Leonardo da Vinci's St. Jerome in the Wilderness
Caravaggio's Entombment
Perugino's Madonna and Child with Saints and San Francesco al Prato Resurrection
Filippo Lippi's Marsuppini Coronation
Jan Matejko's Sobieski at Vienna
The museum takes its name from two popes; Clement XIV, who established the museum, and Pius VI, the pope who brought the museum to completion. Clement XIV came up with the idea of creating a new museum in Innocent VIII's Belvedere Palace and started the refurbishment work.[16]
Pope Clement XIV founded the Pio-Clementino museum in 1771, and originally it contained the Renaissance and antique works. The museum and collection were enlarged by Clement's successor Pius VI. Today, the museum houses works of Greek and Roman sculpture. Some notable galleries are:
Greek Cross Gallery (Sala a Croce Greca): with the porphyry sarcophagi of Constance and Saint Helen, daughter and mother of Constantine the Great.
Sala Rotonda: shaped like a miniature Pantheon, the room has impressive ancient mosaics on the floors, and ancient statues lining the perimeter, including a gilded bronze statue of Hercules.
Gallery of the Statues (Galleria delle Statue): as its name implies, holds various important statues, including Sleeping Ariadne and the bust of Menander. It also contains the Barberini Candelabra.
Gallery of the Busts (Galleria dei Busti): Many ancient busts are displayed.
Cabinet of the Masks The name comes from the mosaic on the floor of the gallery, found in Villa Adriana, which shows ancient theater masks. Statues are displayed along the walls, including the Three Graces.
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Easter celebrations at Saint Peter Square in Vatican City in Rome
St. Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro [ˈpjattsa sam ˈpjɛːtro], Latin: Forum Sancti Petri) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus and the first Catholic Pope.
At the centre of the square is an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
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Places to see in ( Vatican City - Italy ) St Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro
Places to see in ( Vatican City - Italy ) St Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro
St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus and the first Catholic Pope. At the centre of the square is an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace (Norwich 1975 p 175). Bernini had been working on the interior of St. Peter's for decades; now he gave order to the space with his renowned colonnades, using the Tuscan form of Doric, the simplest order in the classical vocabulary, not to compete with the palace-like façade by Carlo Maderno, but he employed it on an unprecedented colossal scale to suit the space and evoke a sense of awe.
There were many constraints from existing structures (illustration, right). The massed accretions of the Vatican Palace crowded the space to the right of the basilica's façade; the structures needed to be masked without obscuring the papal apartments. The obelisk marked a centre, and a granite fountain by Maderno stood to one side: Bernini made the fountain appear to be one of the foci of the ovato tondo embraced by his colonnades and eventually matched it on the other side, in 1675, just five years before his death. The trapezoidal shape of the piazza, which creates a heightened perspective for a visitor leaving the basilica and has been praised as a masterstroke of Baroque theater (illustration, below right), is largely a product of site constraints. According to the Lateran Treaty the area of St. Peter's Square is subject to the authority of Italian police for crowd control even though it is a part of the Vatican state.
The colossal Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, frame the trapezoidal entrance to the basilica and the massive elliptical area which precedes it. The ovato tondo's long axis, parallel to the basilica's façade, creates a pause in the sequence of forward movements that is characteristic of a Baroque monumental approach. The colonnades define the piazza. The elliptical center of the piazza, which contrasts with the trapezoidal entrance, encloses the visitor with the maternal arms of Mother Church in Bernini's expression. At the center of the ovato tondo stands an uninscribed Egyptian obelisk of red granite, 25.5 metres tall, supported on bronze lions and surmounted by the Chigi arms in bronze, in all 41 metres to the cross on its top. The obelisk was originally erected at Heliopolis, Egypt, by an unknown pharaoh.
The paving is varied by radiating lines in travertine, to relieve what might otherwise be a sea of cobblestones. In 1817 circular stones were set to mark the tip of the obelisk's shadow at noon as the sun entered each of the signs of the zodiac, making the obelisk a gigantic sundial's gnomon. Below is a view of St. Peter's Square from the cupola (the top of the dome) which was taken in June, 2007.
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ST PETER'S SQUARE AND THE SWISS GUARDS is in the VATICAN CITY ROME. The SQUARE is a monumental elliptical space, the masterpiece of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who laid it out during the pontificates of Alexander VII and of Clement IX (1657-1667)
Colonnades & 140 Statues. The Colonnades consist of 284 Doric columns and 88 pilasters of travertine marble. These columns, 60 ft. tall, are arranged in four rows. With the trabeation surmounted by a balustrade, the overall height is 21m.
The fountain on the right is the work of Carlo Maderno (1613). Bernini, who designed the square, had it erected where it now stands, and for purposes of symmetry built the fountain on the left (1675).
The obelisk from Egypt (1835 BC), was brought to Rome in 37 BC by Emperor Caligula for his circus. It became the witness of martyrdom of St. Peter and other Christians. Sixtus V had Fontana move it to its current position in 1586.
Centro del Colonnato
Between the obelisk and each fountain are white marble discs with a granite center, which mark the centers of each colonnade. Standing on the disc, you will see only the fist row of columns.
Sundial Markers, From the obelisk toward the fountain on the right, are white marble discs used as sundial markers for the obelisk. Two dates are inscribed on each disc to indicate when the noon shadow of the obelisk will reach this spot. There are also four discs showing the points of the compass as 'winds'.
This fabulous piazza, that the obelisk in its center, is in fact a gnomon for a giant sundial. Examine the markings on the ground when the sun casts its shadow and you can tell the time and in which equinox.
Papal Water Fountain,
Just outside the colonnade, against the passetto wall, is the fountain of the four tiaras. Or you could just use one of the four fountains around the obelisk.
John Paul II Shot Here, A small red porphyry stone in the pavement of the square, marks the spot where Pope John Paul II was shot on May 13, 1981.
The Papal Apartment occupies the top floor of the Apostolic Palace. The top two right windows are the study and bedroom of the pope. On Sundays at noon, the pope usually appears at the second window from the right to pray the Angelus and bless the crowd in the Square.
statues of Sts. Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome, were ordered by Pope Pius IX (9th) to replace the existing smaller ones. both statues were sculpted in 1838-40 and stand over 18 feet in height, on pedestals measuring over 16 feet high.
Arch of the Bells Entrance
Swiss Guards at this entrance will let you pass if you have business in the Vatican, or if you have reservations for the Scavi tour. Above this arch are the bells of St. Peter's, the largest with a diameter of 2.5m.
Loggia of the Blessings, It's from here that the new pope is announced with Habemus Papam, and gives the Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and the world) blessing. The relief below the balcony, by Buonvicino (1614), is of Jesus handing St. Peter the keys.
The Clocks' on each side of the front of the basilica Giuseppe Valadier designed these two clocks from 1786-1790. The one on the left, showing Rome time, is called the Italian clock. The one on the right, with one hand to show European mean time, is called the Oltramontano clock.
Obelisk Marker, If you book the Scavi tour under St. Peter's, you'll see the spot where the obelisk stood from the time of Caligula until it was moved into the square in 1586.
SWISS GUARDS. The pope HAS BEEN defended by them Since the fifteenth century. Although they mostly perform ceremonial functions, the Guards are skilled soldiers in the Swiss Army, highly trained in security operations, who are sent to the Vatican and are committed to the pope’s protection. There are approximately 130 men in the military unit. Their motto is “Fiercely and Faithfully” and refers to their defense of the pope.
Statues on the Facade, Surmounting the balustrade you'll find Christ the Redeemer, St. John the Baptist and 11 Apostles. From the left: St. Thadeus, St. Matthew, St. Philip, St. Thomas, St. James the Greater, St. John the Baptist, The Redeemer, St. Andrew, St. John the Evangelist, St. James the Lesser, St. Bartholomew, St. Simeon, St. Matthias.
Sistine Chapel, The roof of the Sistine is visible from St. Peter's Square. It's from here that the famous white smoke announcing a new pope is seen. Access to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel is a 15 min. walk (north) around the Vatican walls.
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St. Peter's Square, Rome
Saint Peter's Square is a massive plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, directly west of the neighborhood or rione of Borgo.
At the center of the square is a four-thousand-year-old Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1568. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno dating to 1613.
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St. Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica. Vatican City
St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo. Both the square and the basilica are named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus considered by some to be the first Pope.
At the centre of the square is an ancient Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Doric colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as holding a unique position in the Christian world and as the greatest of all churches of Christendom.
The Obelsik in St. Peter's Square
Ever wonder why there is an Egyptian obelisk in St. Peter's Square? Enjoy this history enriched video about the origins of the Egyptian obelisk that is in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. After watching this video your questions will be answered!
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The #Vatican and St. Peter's Square #Rome - outside during daylight
The Vatican and St. Peter's Square - outside during daylight. During our trip to Rome, we of course stopped by the Vatican. The crowds were huge at around 10am, so we came back at 4pm and then it was easier to get in. This video looks more at the outside of the Vatican on St. Peter's Square. The interesting circle symbol, centered with the huge Egyptian obelisk. The Vatican Obelisk is the only obelisk in Rome that has not toppled since ancient Roman times.
More on St Peter's square - Saint Peter's Square, in Italian - Piazza San Pietro and in Latin- Forum Sancti Petri, is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo.
At the centre of the square is an Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613. Source -
The Vatican and St. Peter's Square
The Vatican Obelisk, a sundial with 2000 years of history
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St. Peter's Square and Vatican Obelisk
St. Peter's Square and Vatican Obelisk in Vatican City, Rome, Italy
A Gift from Rome. Timelapse & Hyperlapse. Italy. Vatican
Rome, the Eternal City has endured for over 2,800 years and has a history and an appeal like no other city in the world.
Timelapse & Edit by Kirill Neiezhmakov e-mail: HyperlapsePro@gmail.com
music: Varien feat. Aloma Steele – Beyond the Surface
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Footage (this and many other) available for licensing in 4K
You can download it here
Rome collection:
Equipment:
Canon 2x60d, 70d
Sigma 10-20 mm 4-5.6
Tokina 11-16 mm 2.8
Samyang 8 mm 3.5
Canon 17-55 mm 2.8
Canon 70-200 mm 2.8L
Vanguard Abeo Pro tripod
GoPro Hero 4 Black
Software:
Adobe After Effects, Lightroom, LRTimelapse
Awards:
Zagreb Tourfilm festival 2018 (Croatia): official selection
International Tourism Film Festival Tourfilm Riga 2018 (Latvia): official selection
SIFF - Switzerland International Film Festival 2018 (Switzerland): official selection
Los Angeles CineFest 2018 (USA): semi-finalist
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival 2018 (Russia): semi-finalist
Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards 2018 (Taiwan): finalist
TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival 2018 (UK): finalist
Finisterra Arrabida Film Art & Tourism Festival 2018 (Portugal): destinations 3rd prize
P.S. many thanks to my wife Alexandra for her help during shooting
Rome is the capital of Italy, and its largest city. The mixture of the modern city and the plethora of monuments, piazzas, villas, museums, churches, Egyptian obelisks, along with the Colosseum, the Forum and Vatican City results in an epic, glorious ambience that will have you hooked and anticipating your next visit.
The early history of Rome is legendary. According to tradition, the city was founded by Romulus, the twin of Remus. The twins decided to build a city, but in an argument Romulus killed Remus and established the city and named it after himself.
Rome is synonymous with history. Where else can you walk in the same footsteps as the Caesars, St Peter, the Popes, Michelangelo, Dante, Raphael to name but a few? Rome also served as the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
The Eternal City of Rome is the largest open-air museum in all of Europe with dozens of must-see, photogenic sites. Major attractions in the City Center are shown on the metro map above.
Pantheon, RomeThe real charm of Rome is that you can easily walk to most sites. For example, after a mid-morning tour of the impressive Pantheon, one could stroll through Piazza Navona, enjoy a gelato in Campo De Fiori, then walk across the historic Ponte Sisto Bridge into Trastevere - Rome's oldest neighborhood - for an enjoyable lunch. Total miles walked? Less than three!
From Trastevere, it's only a 20-minute walk along the Tiber to the Vatican. After a tour of Saint Peter's Basilica, another short walk to Castel St. Angelo, where the best views of Rome are found atop that impressive castle.
As you can see, Rome is a walkable city, and by walking you get a real feel for the ambiance of Rome and the Italian way of life. Good, free walking maps are available all over the city, so hit the cobblestones.
Italy was certainly influenced by many powerful cultures and political forces over time, including the Byzantines, Etruscans and Greeks, but it was the world-changing impact of both the Roman civilization and the Italian Renaissance that contributed most-significantly to its status in the modern world.
Roma, capitale d'Italia, è considerata una delle più belle città del mondo. Il suo centro storico, insieme alle proprietà extraterritoriali della Santa Sede dentro la città e alla Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura, è tra i 51 siti italiani inseriti dall’Unesco nella World Heritage List.
Il centro storico, racchiuso all'interno delle mura aureliane (a sinistra del Tevere) e delle mura gianicolensi (a destra del fiume), comprende ben 25.000 punti di interesse ambientale e archeologico.
La leggenda vuole che a fondare Roma furono nel 753 a.C due fratelli, Romolo e Remo, allattati dalla famosa Lupa, divenuta ormai simbolo iconografico della Capitale, assieme a uno dei suoi monumenti più importanti: il Colosseo. Ma è la storia che ha fatto grande Roma: prima centro della Repubblica Romana, poi fulcro della vita politica e culturale dell'Impero, e, nel IV sec., capitale del mondo cristiano.
Il sito del Patrimonio Mondiale, esteso nel 1990 alle mura di Urbano VIII, comprende alcuni dei monumenti più importanti dell'antichità, tra i quali spiccano i Fori Imperiali. Poco distanti, sul colle Aventino, troviamo due capolavori, sede degli svaghi della gens romana: Le terme di Caracalla (212-217), tra i più grandiosi esempi di bagni pubblici, e il Circo Massimo, dedicato alle corse delle bighe.
Vatican City-Piazza San Pietro-Italy
St. Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro [ˈpjattsa sam ˈpjɛːtro], Latin: Forum Sancti Petri) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighbourhood or rione of Borgo.
At the centre of the square is an Egyptian obelisk, erected at the current site in 1586. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square almost 100 years later, including the massive Tuscan colonnades, four columns deep, which embrace visitors in the maternal arms of Mother Church. A granite fountain constructed by Bernini in 1675 matches another fountain designed by Carlo Maderno in 1613.
A view of the Vatican, Piazza San Pietro
10 Most Amazing Obelisks in the World
Here are the 10 Most Amazing Obelisks in the World.
Walled Obelisk – Istanbul
Turkey
Lateran Obelisk – Rome
Italy
Cleopatra’s Needle – Paris
Luxor Obelisks – Egypt
Temple of Re-Atum Obelisk – Egypt
Washington Monument – USA
Obelisco de Buenos Aires – Argentina
Vatican Obelisk – Vatican City
Obelisk of Srirangapatna – India
Obelisk of Axum – Ethiopia
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