The disappearance of the Basilica of Constantine was progressive. From the first decision of Nicholas V Parentucelli to enlarge and restore the ancient Church, entrusting the task to Rossellino in the second half of the fifteenth century, the completion of the new building, with the unveiling of the facade (1612), spent a little over 150 years. A very long period of time, certainly when compared with the years but totally understandable if you think the immense amount of work and the constant changes occurring in the field of design. Studying the genesis of the Basilica of St. Peter's is equivalent to know the history of the evolution of thought and art in different historical periods.
In over one hundred and fifty years necessary to complete the work of the Basilica changes in the direction of the "Fabbrica di San Pietro" the most famous artists of Raphael Sanzio, who around 1514 chose to transform the system of a Greek cross 'building in a Latin cross Bramante, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Michelangelo, who, under Pope Paul III, also decided to recover the original Greek cross plan, designed the dome of which he personally followed the creation to the death in 1564. In the thirty years that followed, the "Fabbrica di San Pietro" was under the direction first of Vignola and then one of the architects Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana who have the merit of having brought to completion around 1588 the project Michelangelo's St. Peter's Basilica cupola.La reached its current appearance thanks to Carlo Maderno, who returned to the basilica, and a Latin cross scenographic aspect of the facade. Work on the basilica was finished it was solemnly consecrated under Pope Urban VIII in 1626, but only between 1656 and 1667, by order of Alexander VII, Bernini designed and created the great colonnade of St. Peter's Square at the center 'obelisk of the first century BC Originally located at the center of the spine of the Circus of Caligula, where St. Peter was martyred, was transported to its current position in 1585 by Domenico Fontana on the orders of Pope Sixtus V.
The St. Peter's Basilica, which can accommodate 20,000 people, is about 190 meters long, the width of the three aisles is 58 feet, the nave is high up at the height of 45.50 meters once, the dome reaches 136 meters around high up on the cross, the interior, characterized by vast mosaic, are the treasure chest for some of the most famous works of art in the world, such as the canopy of Bernini and Michelangelo's Pietà .
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