Piazza San Pietro

Image View Description

Exterior: View from East of Basilica

Date

1656-1667

Creator
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian architect, 1958-1680)
Work Type
architecture
Style/Period
Baroque
Culture
Italian
Subject
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City), Vatican City--Buildings, structures, etc., Obelisks--Italy--Rome.
Location
Rome (Italy), Vatican City
Notes

Just west of the central obelisk, view of Basilica di San Pietro facade.

Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Photographer
Gina Ciancone
Record ID
1213_rome2012_vatican_vr_005
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