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PETER'S BASILICA
SAINT PETER'S BASILICA, OUTSTANDING IN THE
VATICAN, IS THE PREFERRED SITE FOR THE POPE
TO CELEBRATE RELIGIOUS RITES. IT WAS BUILT BY
THE 17TH CENTURY, WHEN IT WAS SHAPED LIKE A
LATIN CROSS ON A FORMER BASILICA THAT HAD
BEEN BUILT ON SAINT PETER'S TOMB, THE FIRST
POPE WHO BECAME A MARTYR IN THE 1ST
CENTURY.
PANTHEON-INSPIRED DOME
448.1 FEET TALL (136.5M)
CONSTRUCTION
STARTED ON
THE 18TH OF
IT WAS COMPLETED
APRIL, 1506
A SERIES OF DEATHS AND PERSONNEL
CHANGES LED TO THE CHANGE OF
ARCHITECTS FROM BRAMANTE TO RAPHAEL
TO EVENTUALLY MICHELANGELO IN 1546.
CONSTRUCTION OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA
ORIGINAL USE
EMPEROR CONSTANTINE BUILT THE FIRST BASILICA
DEDICATED TO THE PRINCE OF THE APOSTLES AND
TO CELEBRATE HIS ACCEPTANCE OF CHRISTIANITY..
THE ORIGINAL BASILICA CONSTANTINE BUILT
LASTED FROM THE MID-FOURTH CENTURY AD (THE
300S) UNTIL 1506.
THE CHURCH WAS MODELED ON THE BASILICA, A
RECTANGULAR BUILDING USED AS A MEETING HALL BY
THE ROMANS. FOUR ROWS OF COLUMNS, EXTENDING
ALMOST THE LENGTH OF THE CHURCH, DIVIDED IT INTO
A NAVE WITH TWO AISLES ON EITHER SIDE.
AFTER 120 YEARS,
ON THE 18TH OF
NOVEMBER, 1626.
THERE WERE FIVE
MAIN ARCHITECTS,
THIRTEEN IN
TOTAL
 TIMELINE OF ARCHITECTS OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA
ARCHITECTS AND
DESIGNERS INCLUDED:
DONATO BRAMANTE
1506 1513 1513 1514 (WHOSE DESIGN WON
JULIUS II’S COMPETITION);
DONATO FRA GIOCONDO GIULIANO DA RAFFAELLO ANTONIO DA SANGALLO, A
BRAMANTE SANGALLO SANZIO STUDENT OF BRAMANTE
(THE PAULINE CHAPEL);
FRA GIOCONDO
(STRENGTHENING OF THE
FOUNDATION); RAPHAEL
AND FRA GIOCONDO
(WHOSE REDESIGNED
1546 1520 1520 BUILDING PLAN WAS NOT
MICHELANGEL ANTONIO DA SANGALLO BALDASSARE EXECUTED);
MICHELANGELO (DESIGN
O BUONARROTI THE YOUNGER PERUZZI OF THE DOME, CROSSING,
AND EXTERIOR EXCLUDING
THE NAVE AND FACADE);
GIACOMO DELLA PORTA
(DESIGN OF THE CUPOLA);
CARLO MADERNO
1564 1565 1572 (EXTENSION OF
JACOPO BAROZZI PIRRO LIGORIO GIACOMO MICHELANGELO’S PLAN,
ADDING A NAVE AND
DA VIGNOLA DELLA PORTA GRAND FACADE); GIAN
LORENZO BERNINI
(ADDITION OF THE PIAZZA,
THE CATHEDRA PETRI,
AND THE BALDACCHINO).

1629 1606 1585

GIAN LORENZO CARLO DOMENICO
BERNINI MADERNO FONTANA
 ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, ELEMENTS, DETAILS,
MATERIALS AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
PLANS
THE BY BRAMANTE,
ARCHITECTURAL THE BASILICA IS BUILT OUT
RAPHAEL, &
STYLE IS A OF TRAVERTINE STONE AND
COMBINATION OF MEASURES 220 M (750 FT) MICHELANGELO
RENAISSANCE AND IN LENGTH, 150 M (500 FT)
BAROQUE IN WIDTH, AND COVERS AN
AREA OF MORE THAN 5
ARCHITECTURE ACRES.
STATUES
THERE ARE 13 LARGE
STATUES THAT DOME
REPRESENTS JESUS,
THE TALLEST DOME IN THE
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
WORLD - THAT DOMINATES
AND 11 OF THE 12
THE SKYLINE OF ROME.
APOSTLES EXCEPT PAUL

FACADE
THE FACADE FEATURES A GIANT
ORDER OF CORINTHIAN COLUMNS
(EACH 90 FEET HIGH)

BELL
THE SIX BELLS OF THE BASILICA
WERE PLACED IN THE ROOM
BELOW THE CLOCK ON THE LEFT.

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FLETCHER, B., CRUICKSHANK, D., SAINT, A., JONES, P. B., FRAMPTON, K., & RICHARDS,
F. (2011). SIR BANISTER FLETCHER'S A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. ARCHITECTURAL
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KHUSHBOO SOOD FOLLOW ARCHITECT | DESIGNER. (N.D.). ST PETER'S BASILICA.
SLIDESHARE. RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 19, 2021, FROM
HTTPS://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/KHUSHBOOSOOD/ST-PETERS-BASILICA-34405923.