Christmas is St.Peter’s Square
January 22nd 2021 30/12 Rome
Another busy day ‘On Tour’
Saint Peter's Square Rome
The dimensions of the square are spectacula: 320 meters long and 250 meters wide.
The construction of the square was carried out between 1656 and 1667 with the support of Pope Alexander XII.
The paving is varied by radiating lines to relieve what might otherwise be a sea of straight slabs.
In 1817 circular stone
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