General Information
Completion: | 1590 |
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Status: | in use |
Project Type
Location
Location: |
Vatican City |
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Coordinates: | 41° 54' 8" N 12° 27' 12" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
height | 137 m | |
total length | 193 m | |
dome | diameter | 42 m |
Materials
dome |
masonry
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tension ring |
iron
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Chronology
18th century | The original iron tension rings placed in the masonry dome by Michelangelo were apparently insufficient so that serious cracking appeared in the dome by the 18th century. Vatican engineers added several more tension rings which seems to have been sufficient until now. |
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Participants
Architecture
- Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (architect)
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (architect)
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (architect)
- Antonio Giamberti da Sangallo (architect)
(role unknown)
Renovation
Scaffolding
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Kuppeln aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), pp. 98-105. (1996):
- Poleni's Manuscripts about the Dome of Saint Peter's. Presented at: Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006, pp. 1957-1979. (2006):
- Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?. Une histoire de l'Architecture. Editions Gründ, Paris (France), pp. 298-299. (2005):
- Saving the dome of St Peter's. In: Construction History, v. 19 ( 2003), pp. 3-18. (2003):
- Technicians and Master Builders for the Dome of St. Peter's in Vatican in the Eighteenth Century. The Contribution of Nicola Zabaglia (1664-1750). Presented at: Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009. (2009):
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20001062 - Published on:
05/10/2000 - Last updated on:
10/05/2022