Left atrium to the left of the so-called Armour and crossed the Atrium of the Four Gates, we arrive at the Cortile della Pigna, housed in the Belvedere sixteenth of the space. The latter was designed in 1506 by the architect Donato Bramante, at the behest of Julius II to connect the Palace of Innocent VIII (1484-1492), the Sistine Chapel, built by Sixtus IV (1471-1484). The Courtyard at the time was divided into three areas with different heights, connected by ramps, elegant, and flanked by buildings punctuated by pilasters topped with wide arches. The floor and the side arms were slightly inclined towards the Sistine Chapel, in order to bring up the courtyard, overlooked by those in the papal apartments, even bigger than reality. At the north was expected to finish a large niche perspective flight: it was built, as we see it today in what is called the Cortile della Pigna, in 1565 by the architect Pirro Ligorio, modeled on the dome of the Pantheon. The evocative prints of the first half of the sixteenth century give an idea of ??the festivities and carousels that were held here. At the end of 1500 the Belvedere Court was divided in two by the construction of a cross arm of the Library of Sixtus V (1585-1590). So in 1822 they built a second building cross-called "New Wing" is intended to contain a collection of statues. Today, there are also three open spaces: the Cortile della Pigna, Courtyard of the Library and the Cortile del Belvedere.
Il Cortile della Pigna is so called by a colossal bronze pinecone almost 4 meters high, which in classical times was in Rome near the Pantheon, that gave its name to the "Pigna district" in the Middle Ages was probably brought in ' atrium of the ancient Basilica of St. Peter, moved here in 1608. On either side are two bronze peacocks, with original copies of the second century AD, preserved in the New Wing. At the center of the vast open space are two concentric spheres by sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (1990).
The Gardens are the resting place of the Roman Pontiff and meditation since 1279, when Pope Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1277-1280) moved the papal residence from the Lateran to the Vatican. Within the new walls, erected in defense of his residence, the Pope had planted an orchard (pomerium), grass (pratellum) and a real garden (viridarium), as the inscription stone is also reflected in hours kept in the room at the Palace of the Captains of the Conservatives on Capitol Hill. This first unit was built near the hill of St. Giles, where today there is the Belvedere Palace and the courtyards of the Vatican Museums. The area where today begins a visit to the Vatican Gardens is located instead in the most recent part of the state, on which were built new large gardens which, together with those of the original nucleus, they cover about half of the 44 acres upon which extends the Vatican.
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