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 | | Consisting of a domed, cylindrical body ringed by sixteen slender Tuscan columns, it is at once a monument to the Apostle Peter-who, according to a local legend, was crucified here-and a pagan temple, inspired by round structures of antiquity, such as the Temple of the Vestal Virgins in the Forum. |
 | | Bramante was, by now, the leading architect in Rome, called in on almost every major building project. |
 | | Bramante produced the first of many projects for what was to be Christendom's premier church, symbolic of the pontiffs' majesty: a "Greek cross" structure of colossal size, formed by four equally long arms with four terminal apses, crowned by a central dome. |
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