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This imposing 650 ft wide entrance piazza is surrounded by 284 columns of the Tuscan colonnade, erected by Bernini (AD 1655-67).
St. Peter's Square
Piazza San Pietro
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (architecture)
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| period | description |
|---|---|
| 1655–1667 | planning and construction period |
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A vision come true: Pope Alexander VII, Gianlorenzo Bernini and the colonnades of St. Peter's
in: Nederlands Instituut te Rome. Mededelingen van het Nederlands Instituut te Rome, 1983
P. Rietbergen
page 111–163
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Berninis Petersplatz und die Ellipse
in: Architectura, 2/1990
G. Goebel
page 133–141
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