Excuse me, what is the style of Vatican Cathedral? How big is it?

Vatican Cathedral is St Peter's Cathedral. Its architectural styles are Renaissance and Baroque. Its construction time is1506 ~1626; It is the largest Catholic church in the world, with a building area of about 23,000 square meters. The main building is 45.4m high and 2 1 1 m long. It contains about 450 statues, 500 columns and 50 altars, and can accommodate 60,000 people.

St Peter's Cathedral has become one of the famous places for Catholic pilgrimage because of its ceremonial function. The Pope holds many ceremonies here every year, including the number of people inside and outside the temple, and about 15000 to 80000 people attend each ceremony. St Peter's Cathedral has a strong connection with many events in the history of Christianity, such as early Christianity, papal state, religious reform, anti-religious reform and so on.

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I. Architectural history

The church was originally built by Constantine the Great in the cemetery of St. Peter's Cathedral in 326-333. It was called Old St. Peter's Cathedral and was completed in 333. In the style of Renaissance.

1503, Julius II decided to rebuild St. Peter's Cathedral, and then rebuilt it in 120 years, designed and built by the best architects in Italy. Following donato Bramont, the first director, Raphael was appointed as a director on 15 1538, and Antonio Jr. was appointed as a director on 1538. 1626165438+1October 18 was officially declared complete.

The open-air square in front of St. Peter's Cathedral is the world-famous St. Peter's Square, which was built in 1667 and designed and built by a Neapolitan bernini.

Second, the architectural style

The architectural style of St. Peter's Cathedral has obvious classicism advocated in the Renaissance, and its main feature is the combination of Roman dome with Greek columns and lintels.

St Peter's Cathedral is a rectangular church. The whole building presents a Latin cross structure, which is very traditional and sacred. It is also the largest church in the world at present.

The interior of the church is resplendent, dark and mysterious, made of marble. All the figures in it are made of marble of different colors, and the project is very huge. Shooting with tripod and flashlight is not allowed.

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