Dome of Saint Peter Shadow Cast Over Vatican City Gardens Rome Italy Black and White
by Shawn O'Brien
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Dome of Saint Peter Shadow Cast Over Vatican City Gardens Rome Italy Black and White
Artist
Shawn O'Brien
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Photograph - Fine Art Print
Description
View and shadow cast of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica over the lush gardens of Vatican City in Rome, Italy. Black and white.
At only 110 acres of total size and an official population of just 1,000, the Vatican City State, established in 1929, is the world's smallest sovereign state.
The gardens date back to medieval times when orchards and vineyards extended to the north of the Papal Apostolic Palace. In 1279, Pope Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1277–1280) moved his residence back to the Vatican from the Lateran Palace and enclosed this area with walls. He planted an orchard (pomerium), a lawn (pratellum), and a garden (viridarium). Firstly, they appeared near the hills of Sant'Egidio where today the Palazzetto del Belvedere and the Courtyards of the Vatican Museums are located.
The site received a major re-landscaping at the beginning of the 16th century, during the pontificate of Pope Julius II. Donato Bramante's original design was then split into three new courtyards, the Cortili del Belvedere, the "della Biblioteca" and the "della Pigna" (or Pine Cone) in the Renaissance landscape design style. Also in Renaissance style, a great rectangular Labyrinth, formal in design, set in boxwood and framed with Italian stone pines, (Pinus pinea) and cedars of Lebanon.
Pope Francis opened the Vatican Gardens to the public in 2014.
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January 17th, 2020
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