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Built by the decree of Constantine rebuilt by some of the most distinguishedarchitects in Renaissance Italy emulated by Hitlers architect in his visionfor Germania immortalized on film by Fellini and fictionalized by a modernAmerican bestseller St. Peters is the most easily recognizable church in theworld. This book is a cultural history of one of the most significantstructures in the West. It bears the imprint of Bramante RaphaelMichelangelo Bernini and Canova. For Grand Tourists of the eighteenthcentury St. Peters exemplified the sublime. It continues to fascinatevisitors today and appears globally as a familiar symbol of the papacy and ofthe Catholic Church itself.The church was first built in the fourth century on what is thought to be thetomb of Peterthe rock upon which Christ decreed his church shall be built.After twelve hundred years the church was largely demolished and rebuilt inthe sixteenth century when it came to acquire its presentday form. St. Petersawes the visitor by its gigantic proportions creating a city within itself. Itis the mother church the womb from which churches around the world have takeninspiration. This book covers the social political and architectural historyof the church from the fourth century to the present. From the threshold tothe subterranean Roman necropolis to the dizzying heights of the dome thisbook provides rare perspectives and contexts for understanding the shape andsignificance of the most illustrious church in the world. «
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