Bernini’s colonnades

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Baroque architecture architectural ensemble colonnade

Bernini’s colonnades are the grand, sweeping semicircular rows of Tuscan columns that embrace St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, symbolically welcoming pilgrims to St. Peter’s Basilica.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bernini’s colonnade of St Peter’s Square	1
Bernini’s colonnades canonical	1
St. Peter's Square colonnade	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque architecture ⓘ architectural ensemble ⓘ colonnade ⓘ
architect	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ
associatedWith	Catholic pilgrimage ⓘ Counter-Reformation ⓘ
category	Colonnades in Italy ⓘ Gian Lorenzo Bernini buildings ⓘ St. Peter's Square ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Square
columnOrder	Tuscan order ⓘ
commissionedBy	Pope Alexander VII ⓘ
constructionEnd	1667 ⓘ
constructionStart	1656 ⓘ
country	Vatican City ⓘ
designedAs	theatrical urban space ⓘ
designedFor	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica
designedToFrame	approach to St. Peter’s Basilica ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ
function	processional space ⓘ symbolic embrace of pilgrims ⓘ
hasArchitecturalType	monumental colonnade ⓘ
hasPart	Tuscan columns ⓘ balustrade ⓘ entablature ⓘ statues of saints ⓘ
hasViewOf	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica façade Vatican Obelisk ⓘ surface form: Vatican Obelisk in St. Peter’s Square
heritageStatus	part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Vatican City" ⓘ
locatedIn	St. Peter's Square ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Square Vatican City ⓘ
locatedInCity	Rome ⓘ surface form: Rome (enclave of Vatican City)
material	travertine stone ⓘ
notableFor	curving, embracing form ⓘ grand scale ⓘ integration of sculpture and architecture ⓘ
numberOfColonnades	2 ⓘ
orientation	north side of St. Peter’s Square ⓘ south side of St. Peter’s Square ⓘ
partOf	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica complex
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
shape	semicircular ⓘ
symbolism	arms of the Church embracing the faithful ⓘ
usedFor	large religious gatherings ⓘ papal ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maderno Fountain → hasNearbyStructure → Bernini’s colonnades ⓘ

Pope Alexander VII → commissioned → Bernini’s colonnades ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernini’s colonnade of St Peter’s Square

Italian Baroque → hasNotableWork → Bernini’s colonnades ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Peter's Square colonnade