Piazza San Pietro

Piazza San Pietro

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Year

1667

Architect

Gian Lorenzo Bernini Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Type

building

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Saint Peter's Square is Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Baroque opening between Vatican City and Rome, designed for Pope Alexander VII and built between 1656 and 1667. The plan is two figures fused: a trapezoidal forecourt against Carlo Maderno's ba …

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