Saint Peter lub Square, Vatican City

Profile ntawm Piazza San Pietro

Saint Peter lub Square los yog Piazza San Pietro, uas yog nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm St. Peter Basilica, yog ib qhov zoo tshaj plaws-paub squares nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov ltalis thiab yog ib qho tseem ceeb sib sau ua chaw rau cov neeg mus ncig xyuas cov qhov muag ntawm Vatican City . Los ntawm St. Peter lub Square, qhua yuav saib cov Papal Qhov, uas tsis yog tsuas yog qhov chaw tus Pope lub neej tab sis kuj lub perch los ntawm uas lub pontiff feem ntau nyob rau hauv coob coob ntawm cov pilgrims.

Nyob rau hauv 1656, Pope Alexander VII commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini los tsim ib tug square nyog ntawm majesty ntawm St. Peter tus Basilica. Bernini tsim ib qho elliptical piazza, uas yog embraced ntawm ob sab nrog plaub kab ntawm imposing Doric txhua txheej txheem ntawm ib qho zoo nkauj colonnade. Nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb, ob chav colonnades yog meant symbolize lub caj npab ntawm St. Peter tus Basilica, Christianity Niam Niam Tsev. Topping lub colonnades yog 140 statues depict neeg ntseeg, martyrs, popes, thiab founders ntawm kev cai dab qhuas txiav txim nyob rau hauv lub Koom Txoos Catholic.

Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm Bernini lub piazza yog nws txoj kev xav rau symmetry. Thaum Bernini pib tsim nws lub hom phiaj rau lub xwmfab, nws tau raug tsim tsa ib qho kev sib raug zoo ntawm Iyiv, uas tau muab tso rau hauv nws qhov chaw nyob hauv 1586. Bernini tau tsim nws piazza ncig lub hauv paus ntawm txoj kab nruab nrab ntawm obelisk. Kuj muaj ob lub me me nyob rau hauv cov av nplaum, uas txhua tus yog nruab nrab ntawm obelisk thiab cov colonnades.

Ib tug ciav tau ua los ntawm Carlo Maderno, uas tau kho lub façade ntawm St. Peter Basilica thaum xyoo pua 17th; Bernini tau tsa ib tug ciav piv rau ntawm sab qaum teb ntawm lub pob ntseg, uas ua kom lub nruab nrab ntawm tus qauv tsim. Lub paving lub pob zeb ntawm lub piazza, uas yog ib qho ua ke ntawm cobblestones thiab travertine blocks teem kom faib tawm ntawm lub hauv paus "hais lus" ntawm lub obelisk, kuj muab ntsiab ntawm symmetry.

Yuav kom tau txais qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov yeeb yam ntawm tus qauv ntawm tus qauv vaj tsev no, nws yuav tsum sawv ntawm cov voj voog foci pavements uas nyob ze ntawm piazza's lub qhov dej. Los ntawm cov foci, cov kab plaub ntawm cov kab sib txuas ntawm kab ib qho zoo kawg nkaus tom qab ib leeg, tsim ib qho kev ua kom pom tau zoo heev.

Txhawm rau Piazza San Pietro, coj lub Metropolitana Linea A rau Ottaviano "San Pietro" nres.

Editor's note: Txawm hais tias technically Saint Peter lub Square yog nyob rau hauv Vatican City, los ntawm ib tug neeg mus ncig saib pom nws yog suav ib feem ntawm Rome.