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façade

Medal by Caradosso

dome

detail of dome

portico

painting by Pannini, 1755
nave

Baldacchino by Bernini, 1624-33

St. Longinus by Bernini, 1629-38

Cattredra petri, 1658-66

Tomb of pope Alexander VII. by Bernini, 1671-78

Scala regia by Bernini, 1663-66

Dome of St. Peter's. Associated with the name of Michelangelo, though considerably altered from his original design. Completed in 1590, the dome is 138 ft in diameter, and its apex is 400 ft above floor level. The external ribs can be seen. The lantern was a later addition.

Close-up view of St. Peter's dome taken from the roof of the basilica. Completed in 1590, the dome is 138 ft in diameter, and its apex is 400 ft above floor level. The external ribs can be seen. Lantern was a later addition.

The building is in the form of a cross with the dome supported above the crossing. Slide shows the four massive 60 ft square columns that support the weight of the dome.

Inside St. Peter's, looking up into the dome. It can be seen that the dome rests on a short drum which includes the windows. The drum, but not the dome, was completed at the time of Michelangelo's death in 1564. Iron chains have been added to the dome at different times since its construction to prevent it spreading at the base.

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St. Peter's of Rome

San Pietro in Vaticano

building type

church

involved parties

Antonio da Sangallo d.Ä. (architecture)
Guiliano da Sangallo (architecture)
Giacomo Della Porta (architecture)
Donato Bramante (architecture)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (architecture)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (architecture)
Giacomo da Vignola (architecture)
Raffaello Santi (architecture)
Baldassare Peruzzi (architecture)
Carlo Maderno (architecture)
Carlo Marchionni (architecture)
Fra Giocondo (architecture)

address

Italy
Staat
Latium
state (first-order administrative division)
Rome RM
province
Vatican
city
Piazza San Pietro
street

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time line

period	description
1506–1614	planning and construction period

description

text 1

In 1506 architect Donato Bramante, under commission from Pope Julius II, designed St. Peter's Basilica. Bramante died before completing the church, located in Vatican City within the city of Rome, Italy, so Florentine artist Michelangelo assumed the supervisory role and altered the design when the main stage of construction began in 1546. The church is shaped like a Greek cross and its prominent dome influenced dome design and construction for the next 300 years.

keywords

links

Alt Sankt Peter
Petersplatz
Kopie in der Republik Elfenbeinküste

reference

Templi Petri instauracio
die Neubauentwürfe für St. Peter in Rom unter Papst Julius II. und Bramante 1505-1513
O. Klodt
Verlag an der Lottbek; 1992
Kuppeln
aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen
J. Schlaich, E. Heinle
DVA; 1996
Der Petersdom in Rom
E.-M. Jung-Inglessis
Karl Robert Langewiesche Verlag; 1983
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/citta/0-citta.html
Vatikan
Bramantes St. Peter: Entwürfe und die Stellung des Apostelgrabes
in: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 2/1988
H. Hubert
page 195–221
I Ragionamenti - visualizing St. Peter's
in: Society of Architectural Historians. Journal, 2/1985
M. Licht
page 111–128