Places to see in ( Vatican City - Italy ) Cupola di San Pietro
Places to see in ( Vatican City - Italy ) Cupola di San Pietro
The dome of St. Peter is the cover of the cruise of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It is one of the largest masonry roofs ever built; has an internal diameter of about 42 meters and brings the overall height of the basilica, from the base up to the top of the lantern , to over 130 meters. Its forms, an expression of the transition from Renaissance to Baroque architecture, largely reflect the design by Michelangelo Buonarroti , who worked there until the year of his death in 1564. It is also one of the most famous symbols of the city of Rome , where it is popularly called Cupolone, as well as one of the most panoramic points of the city, with 360 degree views of the entire Vatican City and almost all the districts of the historic center of Rome .
At the beginning of the 16th century Pope Julius II decreed the reconstruction of the basilica of San Pietro in the Vatican , entrusting the project to the architect Donato Bramante . Bramante did not leave a single definitive project of the basilica, but it is a common opinion that his original ideas included a revolutionary Greek cross plan (ideal reference to the early martyrs of Christendom), characterized by a large hemispherical dome at the center of the complex.
When Michelangelo took over the work of the basilica he had to accept the constraints of the structures built by his predecessors, first of all the pillars of the dome and the overlying connecting arches, which determined the diameter of the cap. The Buonarroti, wanting to fix the general forms of the basilica, started the construction of sectors of the apparently disconnected building: he left the apse of the southern transept , which was completed up to the attic , built the angular chapels defining the perimeter of the basilica and built the the drum of the dome , thus ensuring the immutability of the fundamental parts of his plan.
The dome of St. Peter is the symbol of the Vatican basilica . It stands at the intersection of the main nave with the transept , on the vertical of the colossal Baldacchino del Bernini and access to the Tomb of Peter . The structure is supported by four colossal pillars, so imposing that in each of them could be contained the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane . [31] Their definitive structure was realized under the guidance of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The floor-level niches house the imposing marble statues of Santa Veronica (southwest pillar),Sant'Elena (north-west), Sant'Andrea (south-east) and San Longino (north-east), the latter carried out directly by Bernini himself. Above the niches, through helical staircases, there are four loggias, where, on a background of false clouds, a total of eight of the twelve tortile columns emerge from the ancient Constantinian basilica. Four round-headed arches with relative plumes are set at the top of the pillars .
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ST PETER'S BASILICA INSIDE & CLIMB to CUPOLA - tour - VATICAN CITY - ROME
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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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551 steps to the roof of Vatican Cupola San Pietro
Climbing 551 steps to the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican. Actual climb took more than 30 mins. Out side temp 33° C, inside - more + huge humidity. Never the less - it was totally worth it!!!
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Pietarinkirkko (ital. Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) on Vatikaanivaltiossa sijaitseva kirkko, joka myös toimii maan pääkirkkona. Rooman arkkihiippakunnan ja siten paavin tuomiokirkko on kuitenkin Lateraanikirkko. Pietarinkirkko on pääosin peräisin 1600-luvulta, vaikkakin sen rakennustyöt aloitti jo paavi Julius II vuonna 1506. Kirkon fasadi valmistui vuosien 1612 ja 1616 välillä, ja paavi Urbanus VIII vihki kirkon virallisesti käyttöön marraskuun 18. päivänä vuonna 1626.
Pietarinkirkon pituus on 212 metriä, korkeus 133 metriä ja pinta-ala 23 000 m². Kokonsa perusteella Pietarinkirkko on maailman suurin uskonnollinen rakennus, vaikkakin joidenkin olemassa olevien kirkkojen, kuten Norsunluurannikon Notre-Dame de la Paixin, pinta-ala sekä korkeus ovat sitä suurempia. /Wikipedia
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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VATICANO - St. Peter's Basilica
Welcome to St. Peters Basilica - some hold it as the most beautiful edifice in the world.
Since its construction it has been the heart of Catholicism in the world and focal point of Papal liturgical activities.
The Basilica, dedicated to the prince of the Apostles, is one of the largest Churches in the world. It has the largest interior space of any church ever built.
But the first thing visitors see is the welcoming square, that embraces the masses…
Ascent and descent from the dome of St. Peter's in the Vatican - SALITA CUPOLA DEL VATICANO
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La Basilica di San Pietro si trova nella città del Vaticano ed è la più grande delle quattro basiliche papali di Roma. Di fronte alla basilica si trova la monumentale Piazza di San Pietro.
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Basilica di san Pietro - Cupola Principale - Vatican City with my Baby!
Inside the Basilica with my Baby, we can see Il Baldacchino di San Pietro designed by Bernini... I thought it was wood but it is bronze.
551 steps to the roof of Vatican Cupola San Pietro - 1st June 2016
551 steps to the roof of Vatican Cupola San Pietro
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How To Climb ST PETER BASILICA DOME (CUPOLA) + VATICAN MUSEUM Rome 2019
Vatican City was by far my #1 Thing To-Do in Rome! The area is huge, so much to see and experience. The Dome (Cupola) is a must see, while not widely known compared to the actual St. Peter Basilica or Vatican Museum.
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Beautiful pictures about St Peter's Basilica (Vatican).This film is a memory of a holiday in 1981.
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Climbing St. Peter's Basilica's Dome in Rome - Walks Traveler
Join Walks of Italy founder Jason Spiehler on a climb up St. Peter's Basilica's massive dome! Designed by Michelangelo during the Renaissance, this dome provides amazing views of Vatican City and sweeping panoramas of Rome. All this on a digital day trip from Walks Traveler!