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St. Peter's Square
Bernini's oval piazza, embraced by colonnades four columns deep, with an Egyptian obelisk at its center.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Vatican CityDirections
- Getting There
- At the end of Via della Conciliazione from Castel Sant'Angelo.
Why Go
Bernini built the colonnades from 1656 to 1667 as the arms of the Church reaching out to the faithful, topped by statues of saints. Stand on one of the two discs between the obelisk and the fountains, and the four rows of columns line up as one.
Nearby in Vatican City
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