Saint Peter's Square
by Zinvolle Art
Title
Saint Peter's Square
Artist
Zinvolle Art
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Photograph - Photography
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Photo taken from the cupola (the top of the dome) of St. Peter's Basilica,
It's not easy to climb up all those steps to the top of the dome but once you are there it's all worth your sweat. The view of St. Peter's Square and Rome is breathtaking.
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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August 14th, 2013
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Comments (19)
Robert Bales
Congrats for being selected to this feature page and is sure is very well deserving!! v/f
Sharon Elliott
Fantastic image....I sooooo hope to go there someday. f/v/g+ SE
Zinvolle Art replied:
Thank you very much for your support Sharon! You would like it there - amazing place :)!
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