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	Saint Peter's Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		St Peter's Square, or St Peter's Piazza (Piazza San Pietro), is located directly in front of St Peter's Basilica, in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome (the Piazza borders to the East the rione of Borgo).
		The Piazza as it was in 1630, painted by Viviano Codazzi
		The oval center of the piazza, which contrasts with the trapezoidal entrance, encloses the visitor with "the maternal arms of Mother Church" in Bernini's expression.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Square (575 words)

	Piazza San Pietro D2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the middle of the piazza is an
		Idea to move it infront of the entrance to the basilica was born in the middle of 15th century.
		Piazza Pio XII is named after the pope (pictured), who defended the Vatican City between Settember 1943 and June 1944.
	www.italycyberguide.com /Geography/cities/rome2000/D2.htm (632 words)

	piazza San Pietro
		Throughout the various phases of restoration, destruc-tion, and reconstruction, the " aguglia " stayed next to the Basilica and was not set up at the center of the square until 1586 by Domenico Fontana, who also saw to the en-ginecring aspect of the undertaking.
		The other architect, Carlo Fontana, designed the left-handiountain in Piazza San Pietro, built in 1677 as a pendant to the one on the right designed by Carlo Maderno about fifty years earli-er.
		A curious fact concerning the obelisk mentioned above is that it was used, or was believed to have been used in the Middle Ages, as a reliquary for the ashes of Caesar, and then (up to now) for a fragment of the Holy Cross.
	www.romeguide.it /FILES/piazza.htm (318 words)

	Piazza San Pietro - Piazzas of Italy by Ultimate Italy
		The Doric colonnades are four rows of columns –300 all together carved from Roman travertine and frame the trapezoidal entrance and the massive oval area, which precedes it.
		The oval center of the piazza is in contrast to the trapezoidal entrance and encloses the visitor with “the maternal arms of the Mother church” as Bernini has so aptly put it.
		Though Bernini had not constructed the obelisk he used it to full advantage by using it as the centerpiece of his magnificent piazza.
	www.ultimateitaly.com /piazzas-italy/piazza-san-pietro.html (445 words)

	VATICAN CITY, CITTA' DEL VATICANO: Piazza San Pietro, Basilica di San Pietro, Pietà di Michelangelo.
		At its centre is St Peter's Basilica, with its double colonnade and a circular piazza in front and bordered by palaces and gardens.
		The Piazza of St Peter's was built by Bernini for Pope Alexander VII in 1656-67.
		The obelisk forty meters tall to the cross on its top, is of the 13th century B.C., it was moved to Rome in the 1st century to stand in the central spina of the Circus of Nerone, which lay to the left of the present basilica.
	www.colonialvoyage.com /viaggi/itavaticano.html (763 words)

	Saint Peter's Square - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The classical style of the piazza is expressed in the colossal Doric colonnades, four columns deep, which frame the trapezoidal entrance to the basilica and the massive oval area which precedes it.
		It was moved to its current resting place in 1586 by the engineer-architect Domenico Fontana under the direction of Pope Sixtus V; the engineering feat of re-erecting its vast weight was memorialized in a suite of engravings.
		In 1817 circular stones were set to mark the tip of the obelisk at noon as the sun entered each of the signs of the zodiac, making of the obelisk a gnomon.
	www.biocrawler.com /w/index.php/St_Peter%27s_Square (644 words)

	The Squares of Rome - San Pietro - Navona Square - Piazza di Spagna - Campo de Fiori
		The Squares of Rome - San Pietro - Navona Square - Piazza di Spagna - Campo de Fiori
		The hieroglyphs were carved in Rome imitating those of the obelisk of Piazza del Popolo.
		At the corner formed by the convergence of Sistina Street and Gregorian Street stands Palazzetto Zuccari, planned by Federico Zuccari and known with the appellative of "house of the monsters" because the windows on the sides are modelled on mouths of monsters.
	www.romewelcome.com /piazze/rome-squares.htm (1013 words)

	Piazza San Pietro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Piazza San Pietro — Saint Peter's Square, and San Pietro in Vaticani.
		The obelisk was moved to the present location over a four month period in 1586.
		The Basilica, built on the site of Saint Peter's martyrdom, his burial site and the "old" San Pietro, was begun by Pope Nicholas V in 1452.
	www.kurtwahlner.com /roma/piazzasp/piazzasp.htm (181 words)

	walking tours Rome / san Peter
		Piazza San Pietro owes its celebrity to the monumental colonnade.
		At the center of the square is the Vatican obelisk.
		The background of the square is characterized by the huge facade of the basilica of San Pietro.
	www.tourome.com /san_pietro_san_angelo.htm (250 words)

	St. Peter's Basilica - Rome, Italy
		Peter's Basilica (Italian San Pietro in Vaticano) is a Major Basilica in Vatican City, an enclave of Rome.
		Directly to the east of the church is the elliptical St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro), built between 1656 and 1667, in the center of which is a 25.5 meter tall obelisk.
		The obelisk was moved to its present location in 1585 by order of Pope Sixtus V. The obelisk dates back to the 13th century BC in Egypt, and was moved to Rome in the 1st century to stand in Nero's Circus some 275 yards away.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /italy/rome-st-peters-basilica.htm (2373 words)

	Rome
		After this, we headed to the metro and traversed the town to San Giovanni in Laterano which is the church of Rome.
		The facade of San Giovanni in Laterano, the cathedral of Rome.
		The Piazza is composed of the obelisk in the center and then the Colonnade which has 284 columns designed by Bernini.
	www.cord.edu /faculty/andersod/160505.html (711 words)

	Rome Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Piazza di Spagna is a triangular shaped piazza in the heart of Rome.
		The Piazza San Pietro is free to enter, however if you want to go any further you have to go through security.....which i guess makes sense.
		San Giovanni in Laterano is said to be the first cathedral of Rome.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome-144659/Things_To_Do-Rome-BR-31.html (1475 words)

	John Shannon Hendrix - Art Architecture Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The analysis includes a historical reconstruction of the setting of seventeenth-century Rome and an examination of drawings and built work in relation to published diagrams and essays, which were translated by Borromini into geometries and architectural forms.
		The Structure of the Cosmos in the Baroque; 3.
		Piazza San Pietro and the Arms of the Church; 34.
	www.johnhendrix.net (1435 words)

	Navona Apartments - Apartment - Piazza Navona - Pantheon - Rome
		Located in the heart of the ancient Rome, in a quiet and exclusive surrounding, Navona Apartaments is situated near the famous Piazza Navona, Pantheon and Fontana di Trevi.
		Located in the heart of the ancient Rome, in a quiet and exclusive surrounding, Paganica is situated in Largo Argentina, near the Roman Ghetto, Fori, Piazza Venezia, Campo de' Fiori, Pantheon and Piazza Navona.
		Moreover, we are few yards from the Spanish Step and 20 minutes from Piazza San Pietro.
	www.romeby.com /aptnavona/pages/reach.htm (346 words)

	Piazza di San Pietro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Center view of the Piazza di San Pietro - 79K
		A view of the center of the Piazza di San Pietro - 275K
		Piazza di San Pietro : Frontal view - 51K
	www.christusrex.org /www1/citta/B-Piazza.html (217 words)

	Rome Guide: San Pietro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Piazza San Pietro - view from the cupola
		Basilica di San Pietro - interior of the cupola
		Cupola di San Pietro - view from the Tiber
	www.romeescape.com /pictures/sanpietro.html (73 words)

	Piazza San Pietro - Rome - TravBuddy
		This is the piazza, designed by Bernini, that sits in front of St. Peter's.
		The giant, paved street approaching the Piazza was built by Mussolini, and not part of the original design.
		The shape of the Piazza is a giant oval which is reminiscent of the oval design of Piazza Campidoglio designed by Michelangelo.
	www.travbuddy.com /review_display.php?pid=217 (238 words)

	walking tour Rome / Spagnish steeps
		Piazza Campo di Fiori, is the popular center of the city, also thanks to the Iively market usually held here.
		Next to it is the piazza Farnese, which houses the biggest private palace of the city.
		Piazza della Rotonda, where is the best-preserved monument of the antiquity, that is, the Pantheon.
	www.tourome.com /fiori-rotonda.htm (284 words)

	The New York Times > Travel > Rome Guide > Sight Details
		It is surrounded by a curving pair of quadruple colonnades, which are topped by a balustrade and statues of 140 saints.
		It had to make the pope visible to as many people as possible from the Benediction Loggia and from his Vatican apartments; it had to provide a covered passageway for papal processions; and it had to skirt the various existing buildings of the Vatican, while incorporating the obelisk and the fountain already there.
		(The fountain was moved to its current position, and a twin fountain was installed to balance it.)Piazza San Pietro is the scene of large papal audiences as well as special commemorations, masses, and beatification ceremonies.
	travel2.nytimes.com /top/features/travel/destinations/europe/italy/rome/sight_details.html?vid=1083747052229 (805 words)

	Piazza San Pietro, Roma map - Tagzania
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		Piazza san Pietro, Roma NK-GO Piazza san pietro roma sant peter's square rome italy italia user nikola
		Piazza san Pietro roma sant peter's square rome user nikola
	www.tagzania.com /item/5474 (176 words)

	Rome museums - Rome churches - Rome St Peter Basilica - Sistine Chapel Rome - Piazza San Pietro - Rome Pietà ...
		Peter’s Basilica, the largest church in the world, overlooks the square that carries the same name that was designed by Bernini and which is surrounded by a colonnade.
		San Giovanni in Laterano – This is the Cathedral of Rome, the most important church after St. Peter’s.
		San Paolo fuori le mura – This church is in Via Ostiense and was founded in 330.
	www.travelplan.it /rome_guide_churches_museums.htm (697 words)

	Città del Vaticano
		San Pietro basilica, the renovation of the facade of the Apostolic Palace, completed by Raphael in 1519, and the construction of the massive wall and the three raised terraces between the Palace and Belvedere.
		In 1612 the facade of the church was erected and Pope Paul V Borghese could finally declare the conclusion of the whole project.
		Bernini completed the sumptuous decoration of the basilica (the Baldacchino of the High Altar and Saint Peter's Chair) and the brilliant, grandiose arrangement of Piazza di San Pietro (1656-66).
	www.christusrex.org /www1/citta/0-Citta.html (438 words)

	Flickr: Photos from graphic
		The Egyptian obelisk in the center of Piazza San Pietro, at Vatican, in Rome.
		Nearby one of the artesian fountains in Piazza San Pietro, at Vatican.
		Nearby one of the artesian fountains at Piazza Navona, in Rome.
	www.flickr.com /photos/graphic/page2 (198 words)

	Piazza di San Pietro Rome - Photo © Mark Zanzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Basilica San Pietro is clearly the major attraction of Vatican City, along with the Piazza di San Pietro right in front of it.
		When you are entering the Piazza, you are already on the grounds of the fully independent Vatican City!
		The Piazza was built from 1656 to 1667 by Bernini who was quite active in Rome.
	www.zanzig.com /travel/rome-photos/rome028.htm (107 words)

	Piazza of St. Peter's - Bernini - Great Buildings Online
		It was conceived as a grand approach to the church but had to be planned 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."
		As they enter the piazza, the faithful are embraced by "the motherly arms of the church," Bernini's own description of his Colonnade.
		The Colonnade becomes simultaneously a dramatic frame for the church, a nurturing enclosure for the crowds of faithful, and a stage for the processions and other sacred spectacles on which, at this particular period, the Catholic Church so strongly depended for its appeal."
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Piazza_of_St._Peters.html (263 words)

	St. Peter's - The Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A red stone mark the spot in the northwest corner of the Square where Pope John Paul II was shot
		The piazza in front of St. Peter's was built by Bernini between 1657-1667.
		It was designed with the Feast of Corpus Christi especially in mind, which at the time was very popular and engendered massive public processions.
	stpetersbasilica.org /Exterior/Square/Square.htm (836 words)

	The historical picture book (2): Rome in the twenties
		his Monument rises in the Piazza Venezia; its design is due to the famous architect Sacconi who directed the work till his death.
		It is the largest Monument rised to the Italian Indipendency and is a real work of modern art.
		The obelisks rising now in Piazza del Popolo and Piazza S. Giovanni Laterano belonged to it.
	www.romaculta.it /engl/album_two.html (1684 words)

	Al Colonnato di San Pietro - Bed & Breakfast - St. Peter - Vaticano - Rome
		Al Colonnato di San Pietro - Bed and Breakfast - St. Peter - Vaticano - Rome
		is situated to little meters from Castel Sant'Angelo and much neighbor to Piazza San Pietro.
		Take bus 64 and exit the bus at Piazza Cavalleggieri.
	www.romeby.com /colonnato/pages/reach.htm (726 words)

	7 DAY CHRISTIAN TOUR OF ROME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Panoramic tour of the city: Piazza San Bernardo with Moses' Fountain, Piazza della Repubblica with Fountain of Naiadi, Via Veneto, Piazzale Flaminio, Via Fiaminia, the Olympic Village, Ponte Milvio, Lungotevere, Foro Italico, Ministry of Foreign Affairs followed by a short stop at the Stadio dei Marmi.
		From here the tour will be continued by coach crossing Piazza San Giovanni and Via Latina.
		we are leaving Piazza San Bernardo, adorned by Moses' Fountain, heading to Piazza della Repubblica with the Fountain of Naiadi in the middle.
	www.aristotle.gr /tours-view.asp?ID=423&language=en-us (493 words)

	St. Peter's Basilica - Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sperandio, Antonio (Ed.) And Zander, Pietro (Ed.) The Basilica of Saint Peter - The Restoration of the Atrium and the Holy Door - La basilica di San Pietro - Il Restauro dell'Atrio e della Porta Santa.
		Millon, Henry A., Michelangelo architect: The facade of San Lorenzo and the drum and dome of St. Peter's.
		Olszewski, Edward J. Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) And The Vatican Tomb Of Pope Alexander VIII.
	www.stpetersbasilica.org /Docs/Bibliography.htm (1801 words)

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