Piazza San Pietro
Piazza San Pietro Reviews
 The famous Piazza San Pietro Jun 19, 2006
Maybe one of the most famous squares in the world. I recommend to arrive there early in order to enjoy it without worrying of many people.
When you are in Rome, you have to take some time to go to Vatican City (which is inside Rome) and visit the famous San Pietro. What can you do there? 1. San Pietro Basel: with impressive architecture, walk through to the center and watch all the art pieces; climb to the cupola in order to get a nice view of Rome. Among the different masterpieces you can find here, you'll see the Pietà, the major altar and San Pietro’s statue made of bronze. From: 7:00-19:00; Cupola, 8:00 - sunset. You have to pay to climb 2.Vatican Necropolis, archaeologist zone under the Basel, walking through it lasts 1:30hrs open 9:00-17:00. You have to pay an entrace, but not that expensive. If you want to buy souvenirs, don't do it here, you'll find cheap ones in any of the stores on Ottaviano.  Part of the Backpacking in Europe solo but not lonely :) travel blog
inside the basel
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 Dec 15, 2005
This is the piazza, designed by Bernini, that sits in front of St. Peter's. The giant, paved street approaching the Piazza was built by Mussolini, and not part of the original design. Imagine some weary pilgrim wandering through a maze of small residential areas, and then suddenly rounding a corner and seeing a huge, wide open space with St. Peter's in the distance, to get a proper perspective of this place.
The shape of the Piazza is a giant oval which is reminiscent of the oval design of Piazza Campidoglio designed by Michelangelo. Surrounding the piazza are hundreds of marble columns. On the tops of those columns are hundreds of statues of saints. One thing that I liked doing when I lived in Rome was grabbing a snack and eating it among the shade of the columns while watching the throngs of tourists go by. Another thing to notice is the 3000+ year old Egyptian obelisk in the center of the Piazza. This was meant to show that the imperial power of ancient Egypt had now been transferred to Rome. And if you notice the cross not so subtly grafted onto the top of the obelisk, you'll see that this power now rested with the church. |
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Piazza San Pietro Blogs
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Jan 21, 2009
I have so many pictures of Piazza San Pietro. Since our apartment was within walking distance and there was a delicious gelato place that was open until 1 or 2 am very close by, it quickly became one of our favorite places to walk to at night, well those nights that… One of my favorite memories |
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May 12, 2004
Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro) about an hour too late to pick up our tickets we had resigned ourselves to not being able to go to the audience and figured we would just tool around Vatican City since we'd made the journey there. But to our pleasant… Our audience with the Pope and other adventures! |
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Jun 19, 2006
Piazza San Pietro was empty, just for me, hahaha I went into the Basel without doing any line and stood next to the Pieta, cool! There were several services performing at same time, in different languages, including Spanish of course . I was just looking… Full of Art Vatican City |
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May 13, 2004
Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro). This day it was devoid of the huge crowd from the previous day with the audience with the Pope. We made our way to the doors of St. Peter's and held our breath. Once inside after adjusting to the darkness we took… St. Peter's Basilica and The Vatican Museum |
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May 10, 2008
We followed the street and ended at the square Piazza Pio XII and finally entering the huge Piazza San Pietro (Saint Peter's Square) in front of the large Basilica di San Pietro. The Basilica of Saint Peter is officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly called Saint Peter's Basilica, is one of four… Inside Rome |
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