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Poster:
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Icarusfree
(see this users gallery)
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Views:
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2399
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Date:
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Wed Sep 8, 2004
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Filesize:
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319.6k, 158.6k
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Dimensions:
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900 x 600
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Description:
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San Pietro in Vaticano is the most imposing basilica of all Christianity, and it is the heart of the Catholic world. San Pietro is built over the tomb of Sain Peter, and was erected by Constantine shortly after 320 A.D. Nicholas V commissioned Rossellino to rebuild it in 1452. The construction was not begun until 1506 under Julius II to a Bramante design. Later on the works were directed succesively by Giuliano da Sangallo, Raphael, Peruzzi and Sangallo the Younger. I was in 1546 when Michelangelo took over and gave the unmistakable mark of his genius to this monumental building. He built it in the form of a Greek cross surmounted by the majestic famed cupola. On his death in 1564, the work, already well advanced, was continued by Pierro Ligorio, Vignola, Giacomo della Porta, and Fontana. At the wish of Paul V, Maderno transformed the shape from that of a Greek cross to that of a Latin cross, which lengthened the front wing and added the facade. On November 18, 1626, Urban VIII consecrated the new basilica.
The face, preceded by a wide flight of steps in three tiers, with the huge statues of St. Peter and St. Paul at the sides, is gigantic (125 yards long by 50 yards high) with eight colossal columns and four pilasters supporting the trabeation crowned by a balustraded attic, above which the statues of Christ, the Baptist, and the Apostles (except St. Peter) of the Bernini school, and two clocks, stand out.
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Keywords:
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Vaticano, Italy, Cityscape, Landpamr
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Photo URL:
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http://www.bytegallery.com/data/3185/4webRomaSanPietro02-med.jpg
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| File name: |
webRomaSanPietro02.jpg |
File size: |
162364 bytes |
| File date: |
2004:09:08 11:04:09 |
Camera make: |
Canon |
| Camera model: |
Canon EOS 10D |
Date/Time: |
2004:05:30 16:24:19 |
| Resolution: |
900 x 600 |
Flash used: |
No |
| Focal length: |
28.0mm (35mm equivalent: 152mm) |
CCD width: |
6.64mm |
| Exposure time: |
0.040 s (1/25) |
Aperture: |
f/3.5 |
| ISO equiv.: |
1,600 |
Metering Mode: |
matrix |
| Jpeg process: |
Baseline |
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