Journey of Ancient Architecture: St. Peter’s Square

Journey of antediluvian Architecture Ancient Roman Piazza Did Pieta Piazza Did Pieta = SST. Pewters jog show 1 SST. Pewters significant Top View Basic Information Location Vatican City send off 2Flag of Vatican City Year consecrated 1626 Architect(s) 1 . gift Aberrant 2. Antonio dad Seasonal the Younger 3. Michelangelo 4. Capo Borzoi dad Avignon 5. Giaconda Della Porto 6. Carlo advanced 7. Giant Lorenz Bernie Architectural style Renaissance and Baroque Groundbreaking 18 April 1506 Completed 18 November 1626 Figure 3Map of Vatican City Figure 4Mussolinis approach to SST nibsFigure 5Mussolinis approach to SST Peters SST. Pewters Two rows of houses were demolished by Mussolini in 1936 to build this boulevard from Piazza San Pitter across the Tiber River to the center of Rome. This was give tongue to to be Mussolinis symbolic way of honoring the conciliation between the Vatican and the Italian government. Figure 6SST. Peter Piazza Figure 7SST. Peter Piazza Every Sunday at noon, people gather to fictionalize the Angelus and receive the Popes blessing from his window. * built by Bernie between 1657-1667 * SST.Pewters square toes has the shape of an immense ellipse, 320 m. Long and 240 m. Did, at its broadest point. * Once the basilica had been built, it was snarl that a space should be created in front of it with a competency sufficient to contain the mass of people who would flock here to stool part in the most solemn functions. * A red porphyritic rock gem mark the spot in the northwest corner of the Square where Pope John Paul II was shot. Figure 8The sticker Figure 9 Lower Part of The Obelisk * It was hewn from a single block and stands 25. 31 m high on a base 8. Mm wide, weighing about 330 tons. * This obelisk was from Egypt and was brought to Rome by Emperor Caligula in 37 AD. It is the second highest obelisk in Rome, subsequently the Lateran one, and the only one devoid of hieroglyphics, but with Latin inscriptions. * The obelisk rests upon 4 accountant lions, each with two bodies whose tails intertwine. * The inscriptions on the north and federation sides of the base have texts written by Cardinal Silvia Antonio as a memorial to the moving of the obelisk. The east and west sides have exorciser formulas.Figure 10The cast Rose westside Opponent I watt North westernmost Opponent sea captain I North West Maestro I North North West still Maestro I North Attractant I North North eastmost Dormant Greece I North East Greece I East North East Greece Elevate I East Elevate I East atomic number 16 East Elevate smock I southerly East Sirocco I South South East Castro Sirocco I South Castro I South South West Castro Liberace I South West Liberace I West South West Opponent Liberace I * The Wind Rose uses the compass points to show the different wind directions.Figure 1 1 fountain * Antics fountain built in 1614 by Carlo Modern on the Saint Pewters Square. * Located at both side of The Obelisk and both of them are paral lel. SST Pewters Basilica Basilica did San Pitter 1450 Successive plans Brakemans plan * The foundation stone was laid in 1506 when the plan was selected. * This plan was in the form of an great Greek Cross with a attic inspired by that of the gigantic circular Roman temple, the Pantheon. The main difference between Brakemans design and that of the Pantheon is that where the dome of the Pantheon is supported by a continuous wall, that of the new basilica was to be supported only on four large piers. * Aberrant was replaced