Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Civitas Vaticana, CIVITAS VATICANA, Italy
Saint Peter's Square is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome.
The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII, as an appropriate forecourt, designed "so that the greatest number of people could see the Pope give his blessing, either from the middle of the façade of the church or from a window in the Vatican Palace".
Piazza San Pietro
00120 Civitas Vaticana,
District: CIVITAS VATICANA, Italy
PIAZZA SAN PIETRO, Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Civitas Vaticana, District: CIVITAS VATICANA, Italy