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ANCIENT EGYPT IN THE VATICAN
The obelisk that is visible in St. Peter's Square was taken by Caligula.
At the foot of Vatican Hill, Caligula, the Roman emperor, constructed a small circus where charioteers practised and where it is said that Nero executed Christians. Caligula had a pylon that had previously been in Heliopolis transported from Egypt by his troops to serve as the centerpiece of the amphitheater. Over 3,000 years ago, the obelisk was built for an Egyptian king out of a single piece of red granite that weighed more than 350 tons. It was transported to its current site in St. Peter's Square in 1586, where it serves as a massive sundial.
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Wow, wow, wow! St. Peter’s Square is stunning and larger than I imagined. The fountains, the architecture is all so grand!
圣彼得广场呈椭圆形,两侧由两组半圆形大理石柱廊环抱,形成三个走廊恢弘雄伟,广场可容纳五十万人之多。广场与圣彼得大教堂均位于中心轴线上。
圣彼得广场以圣彼得命名,圣彼得是天主教徒认为是第一任教皇的耶稣的使徒。广场的中心是一座古埃及方尖碑,建于1586年,当时在现址。吉安·洛伦佐·贝尼尼在大约100年后设计了该广场,其中包括四列深的巨型多立克柱廊,在“ 主教堂”。 贝尼尼在1675年建造的花岗岩喷泉与卡洛·马德诺在1613年设计的另一个喷泉相配。
The Vatican's square is in front of St. Peter's Cathedral. It is Rome's largest square, Baroque style, can accommodate 500,000 people, is the Holy See used to engage in large-scale religious activities. Located on the West Bank of the Taipo River. There is a limestone border in front of the square. It is named after St. Peter's Church on the front of the square. Because the Vatican's borders are all bordered by walls except St. Peter's Square, Italy does not recognize St. Peter's Square as belonging to the Vatican. The square is slightly oval and the ground is paved with small black squares. Two sets of semi-circular marble corridors surround the two sides, forming three grand corridors. These two groups of corridors are decorative buildings of the Vatican. They are composed of 284 circular dwellings and 88 square columns, forming three corridors. These pillars are arranged on both sides of the square like a queue of four people. The pillar is 18 meters high and needs three or four people to embrace. On the top of each pillar on the side of the Plaza, there is a marble statue. They are all saints and saints in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. They have different and vivid manners. In the center of the square stands an obelisk, and between the bronze lions there are eagles, flying like wings. The stone tablet, originally decorated by the Roman Emperor Caligula as a circular square beside the palace, was transported from Egypt. In 1586, Pope Sistine V ordered the stone tablet to be moved to St. Peter's Square. It is said that more than 900 workers, 150 horses and 47 lifting devices were mobilized for this purpose. It took nearly five months to complete the relocation project. There are two well-shaped fountains on both sides of the square, which are also legendary works of famous artists. Spring water sprays upward from the middle and divides into two layers. The upper layer is mushroom-shaped, and the water column falls down to form a water curtain around it. The lower layer is bowl-shaped, which receives the spring water as a fine overflow and murmurs. The square and its adjacent colonnades were designed by renowned architect and sculptor Bernini in 1656 and completed in 11 years. The marble statues on the top of the pillars were carved by Bernini and his students. Bernini is famous for his Baroque art which advocates magnificence and exaggeration.
Vatican Square is beautiful!!! Super shock, in which time seems to be static, the millennium has passed. The incomparable tranquility and peace, as if with the creator, Zen penetrates the mystery of all things, only in that moment can you read a lifetime. No place in the world is beautiful. I have been there countless times and still yearn for it. The power of religion can really purify the soul and wash out the lead. Or has my heart been restored to infinite tranquility, as if all the stories of the world had nothing to do with me. I only wish the world peace and true love will last forever. It's off at 7 P. m., but there are still reluctant people looking over the wooden fence. The police always open the door in good faith and let devout believers put flowers before leaving. Vatican staff are also leaving at this time, there are handsome men: -) The evening is even more amazing, many visitors specially come to enjoy the night of St. Peter's Square, many with SLR cameras to capture this wonderful scenery! There are a lot of police patrols around, so don't worry about public security issues.
In front of St. Peter's Cathedral is St. Peter's Square, which can hold 300,000 people. The square is 340 meters long and 240 meters wide. It is surrounded by two semi-circular corridors. Each corridor is supported by 284 tall stone pillars. On the top of the corridor are 142 statues of famous saints and saints in church history. The figures of the corridors are different and vivid. In the middle of the square stands a 41-meter-high Egyptian obelisk, erected in 1856 and carved from a single stone. Each side of the Obelisk has a beautiful fountain, which symbolizes the water of life God has given to the believers. Everyone who walks into St. Peter's Square is deeply impressed by the magnificent scene. When we queued into the church, we followed the queue around the square for most of the time. The scale was amazing. The sight of churches and tourists flocking to and fro in the square is unforgettable.
St. Peter's Square in front of St. Peter's Cathedral is also shocking. The key is that once you enter the Square, you enter the smallest country in the world, a place where the Holy See holds large religious activities. I have always been curious about the Vatican, an incredible confusion, until I stepped into this country, only to feel that this is not a country based on the size of its territory, but on the capital of the Catholic Church, the largest sect of Christianity! The magnificent momentum created by hundreds of columns around the square makes you feel in the midst of it, and you have to give a thump of praise. For this eleven-year-old square, the building itself has a lot of cultural connotations to appreciate, but I still haven't noticed that the 320-ton cylinder from Egypt is so spectacular that it can only be a walking horse if it goes around once. Watch the flowers.