Bernini, St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro), Vatican City
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter’s Square (Piazza San Pietro), Vatican City, Rome, 1656-67. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris.
St. Peter's Square / Piazza San Pietro Vatican City / Città del Vaticano Rome / Roma Italy / Italia
Rome / Roma, Italy / Italia, The Italian Republic / Repubblica Italiana, Europe
Rome is the capital city of Italy / Roma Capitale Italia
Vatican City / Città del Vaticano is a walled enclave within the city of Rome. Within Vatican City are cultural sites such as St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums. They feature some of the world's most famous paintings and sculptures.
St. Peter's Basilica is the burial site of its namesake St. Peter, one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ and, also according to tradition, the first Pope and Bishop of Rome.
Pope Francis ( Jorge Mario Bergoglio ) the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church began his Papacy on March 13th 2013
Rome's history spans more than two and a half thousand years. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at only around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe.
Rome today is one of the most important tourist destinations of the world, due to the incalculable immensity of its archaeological and artistic treasures, as well as for the charm of its unique traditions, the beauty of its panoramic views, and the majesty of its magnificent villas (parks).
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St. Peter's Square / Piazza San Pietro Vatican City / Città del Vaticano Rome / Roma Italy / Italia
Rome / Roma, Italy / Italia, The Italian Republic / Repubblica Italiana, Europe
Rome is the capital city of Italy / Roma Capitale Italia
Vatican City / Città del Vaticano is a walled enclave within the city of Rome. Within Vatican City are cultural sites such as St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums. They feature some of the world's most famous paintings and sculptures.
St. Peter's Basilica is the burial site of its namesake St. Peter, one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ and, also according to tradition, the first Pope and Bishop of Rome.
Pope Francis ( Jorge Mario Bergoglio ) the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church began his Papacy on March 13th 2013
Rome's history spans more than two and a half thousand years. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at only around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe.
Rome today is one of the most important tourist destinations of the world, due to the incalculable immensity of its archaeological and artistic treasures, as well as for the charm of its unique traditions, the beauty of its panoramic views, and the majesty of its magnificent villas (parks).
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St Peter's Square - Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City
Saint Peter's Square also known as Saint Peter's Piazza is the open space directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. Every Wednesday morning a congregation gathers here to hear a Papal address. Pilgrims also come to St Peter's Square to see the Pope from the balcony of the Papal residence to the right of the piazza. The dimensions of St. Peter's Square are almost identical to those of the inside of the Roman Colosseum and it is estimated that 300,000 people could easily gather here without crowding. A great way to get a feel for the dimensions of Saint Peter's Square is to view it from the Cupola of St. Peter's Basilica - some 140m high.
The piazza is partially surrounded by two curved, covered colonnades, each of which contains 4 rows of a total of 284 Doric style columns. On top of each colonnade are statues of 96 saints and martyrs.
The centre of the Piazza is dominated by a 25.5m tall red granite obelisk which dates from the 13th Century BC ....Facts from--
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 - Piazza San Pietro - Vatican City
St. Peter's Square / Piazza San Pietro Vatican City
St. Peter's Square / Piazza San Pietro Vatican City
ST PETER'S SQUARE TOUR & SWISS GUARDS VATICAN CITY - ROME
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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In this video your walk will start at the Piazza Navona. You'll then walk down Via dei Coronari, the perfect Roman street filled with antique shops, art galleries, and restaurants. You'll then cross the Tiber river over the Ponte Sant'Angelo (Bridge of Hadrian) to the Castel Sant'Angelo. Finally you will walk 500 meters down the Road of the Conciliation to St. Peter's Square.
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