Iphrofayela ye-Piazza San Pietro
I-Saint Peter's Square noma i-Piazza San Pietro, elisephambi kweSt. Peter's Basilica, ingenye yezikwele ezaziwa kakhulu kulo lonke i-Italy futhi kuyindawo ebalulekile yokubutha kwabavakashi abavakashela ezitolo zeVatican City . Kusuka eSt. Peter's Square, izivakashi nazo ziyakwazi ukubona amaPapal Apartments, hhayi kuphela lapho uPapa ehlala khona kodwa futhi lapho umphangi ehlala khona ekhuluma nezixuku zabahambeli.
Ngo-1656, uPapa Alexander VII wamisa uGian Lorenzo Bernini ukuba enze isikwele esifanele ukuphakama kweSt. Peter's Basilica. U-Bernini wakhele i-elliptical piazza, ehlanganiswe ezinhlangothini ezimbili ngemigqa emine yokubeka amakholomu eDoric ahlelwe emgqonyeni onqabile. Eqinisweni, amakholomu amabili ahloswe ukufanekisela izingalo zokubamba zikaSt. Peter's Basilica, iSonto LamaKristu Lomama. Ukuphakama kwamakholomu kukhona izithombe ezingu-140 ezibonisa abangcwele, abafel 'ukholo, amapapa, nabasunguli bezinkolo ngaphakathi kweSonto LamaKatolika.
Isici esibaluleke kakhulu sika-Bernini sika piazza unakekele ukulinganisa. Lapho uBernini eqala ukuhlela amapulani akhe esigcawini, kwakudingeka akhiwe eduze ne-obelisk yaseGibhithe, eyayisetshenziswa endaweni yayo ngo-1586. UBernini wakha i-piazza yakhe eduze ne-central oxis obelisk. Kukhona nemithombo emibili emincane ngaphakathi kwe-elliptical piazza, ngayinye efana ne-obelisk kanye ne-colonades.
Omunye umthombo wakhiwa nguCarlo Maderno, owayevuselele isakhiwo seSt. Peter's Basilica ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-17; UBernini wakha umthombo ofanayo ohlangothini olungasenyakatho we-obelisk, ngaleyo ndlela ulinganisa umklamo we-piazza. Amatshe okugoba we-piazza, okuhlanganiswa kwama-cobblestones kanye namabhuloki e-travertine ahlelwe ukuphuma emkhatsini "owakhulume" we-obelisk, futhi ahlinzeke ngezici zokulinganisa.
Ukuze uthole imibono engcono kakhulu ye-symmetry yalesi sakhiwo sobuciko, omunye kumele amame emigodini ye-roundel ehamba eduze nemithombo yamanzi. Kusukela ku-foci, imigqa emine ye-colonades ihambisana ngokuhlelekile ngemuva komunye, idala umphumela omangalisayo wokubukwa.
Ukuze ufike e-Piazza San Pietro, thatha i-Metropolitana Linea A eya e-Ottaviano "San Pietro".
Inothi lomhleli: Nakuba iSt. Peter's Square ngokwemvelo iVatican City, kusukela kumbono wokuvakasha kuthathwa njengengxenye yeRoma.