gian lorenzo bernini was the designer of the piazza in front of st. peter's basilica.
gian lorenzo bernini was the designer of the piazza in front of st. peter's basilica.
who is the designer of the piazza in front of st. peter's basilica?
gian lorenzo bernini
his first architectural projects were the façade and refurbishment of the church of santa bibiana (1624–26) and the st. peter's baldachin (1624–33), the bronze columned canopy over the high altar of st. peter's basilica. in 1629, and before "st. peter's baldachin" was complete, urban viii put him in charge of all the ongoing architectural works at st peter's. however, bernini fell out of favor during the papacy of innocent x pamphili: one reason was the pope's animosity towards the barberini and hence towards their clients including bernini. another reason was the failure of the belltowers designed and built by bernini for st. peter's basilica, commencing during the reign of urban viii. the completed north tower and the only partially completed south tower were ordered demolished by innocent in 1646 because their excessive weight had caused cracks in the basilica's facade and threatened to do more calamitous damage. professional opinion at the time was in fact divided over the true gravity of the situation (with bernini's rival borromini spreading an extreme, anti-bernini catastrophic view of the problem) and over the question of responsibility for the damage: who was to blame? bernini? pope urban viii who forced bernini to design over-elaborate towers? deceased architect of st. peter's, carlo maderno who built the weak foundations for the towers? official papal investigations in 1680 in fact completely exonerated bernini, while inculpating maderno. never wholly without patronage during the pamphili years, after innocent's death in 1655 bernini regained a major role in the decoration of st. peter's with the pope alexander vii chigi, leading to his design of the piazza and colonnade in front of st. peter's. further significant works by bernini at the vatican include the "scala regia" (1663–66), the monumental grand stairway entrance to the vatican palace, and the "cathedra petri", the chair of saint peter, in the apse of st. peter's, in addition to the chapel of the blessed sacrament in the nave.
gian lorenzo bernini
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bullet::::- piave (river)









































bullet::::- piazza armerina









































bullet::::- piazza armerina cathedral









































bullet::::- piazza borghese









































bullet::::- piazza carlo felice









































bullet::::- piazza castello, turin









































bullet::::- piazza colonna









































bullet::::- piazza dei miracoli









































bullet::::- piazza del campo









































bullet::::- piazza del popolo









































bullet::::- piazza del duomo, florence









































bullet::::- piazza del duomo, milan









































bullet::::- piazza del duomo, siena









































bullet::::- piazza della libertà, florence









































bullet::::- piazza della libertà, rome









































bullet::::- piazza della repubblica, florence









































bullet::::- piazza della repubblica, rome









































bullet::::- piazza della rotonda









































bullet::::- piazza della scala









































bullet::::- piazza della signoria









































bullet::::- piazza della vittoria, palermo









































bullet::::- piazza delle gondole
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