{"id":14875,"date":"2011-10-01T21:03:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T04:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=14875"},"modified":"2021-03-15T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:47:12","slug":"saint-peters-square-in-the-state-of-the-vatican-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/14875","title":{"rendered":"Saint Peter’s Square in the State of the Vatican City"},"content":{"rendered":"

The State of the Vatican City is a city state with an area of 100 acres. It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy. Saint Peter’s Square and the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican are popular destinations for tourists and pilgrims alike. The dominant structure seen from Saint Peter’s Square is the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter. This basilica is not, in fact, the ecumenical mother church of the Roman Catholic Church. That honor goes to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome which is the seat of the bishop of Rome – the Pope.<\/p>\n

In front of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter two sculptures stand guard:\u00a0 Saint Peter, sculpted by Giuseppe de Fabris, and Saint Paul sculpted by Adamo Tadolini. Near the center of Saint Peter’s Square towers an obelisk originally built by the Romans in Alexandria in about 30-28 BC and dedicated to Augustus. It was moved to Rome by Caligula in 37 AD and was moved again to its present location by Pope Sixtus V in 1586 AD. The obelisk was thought to have been topped at one time with a bronze globe containing the ashes of Caesar, Augustus, and Tiberius, but is now surmounted by a cross and by the mountains and the star of Pope Sixtus V.<\/p>\n

A total of 13 obelisks that were either brought from Egypt or were constructed in Rome still exist in Rome. Most are carved with hieroglyphics but the Obelisk of Augustus in Saint Peter’s Square does not.<\/p>\n

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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (State of the Vatican City); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 10 August 2011.<\/p>\n

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Saint Peter<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Saint Peter (State of the Vatican City); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 10 August 2011.<\/p>\n

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Saint Paul<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Saint Paul (State of the Vatican City); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 10 August 2011.<\/p>\n

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Obelisk of Augustus in Saint Peter’s Square<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Obelisk of Augustus in Saint Peter’s Square (State of the Vatican City); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 10 August 2011.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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