St.

Peter’s Square, Rome

St. Peter’s Square one of the famous architectures during the Renaissance period and it was
principally designed by Donato Bramente and Michel Angelo and many more. Consider also the
very largest Church in the world and consider by the Catholics as Mother Church nor the Cathedral
of the Diocese of Rome.
 Around 16th century the rebuilding of the old St. Peter’s Basilica was planned and with the
coordination of Michel Angelo and some of the great artist in that time. The planned of rebuilding
the St. Peter Square was not easy, because first and foremost they need the materials, and literally
the financial status of the Church during that time was not totally established. So it almost lasted
1 century to rebuild the St. Peter Square at Rome, but thanks be to God that, the members of the
church, especially the leaders or the Clergy was not giving up easily. Even though the clergy,
including some of the artist like , Bramante and Angelo had finally designed he new St. Peter’s
Square. Unfortunately it was attacked again the Emperor Charles Perrizi. Yet still its members did
not gave up. Michelangelo contributed for the design (literally existed up to now) was finally built,
Michelangelo took over a building site at which four piers, enormous beyond any constructed since
ancient Roman times, were rising behind the remaining nave of the old basilica. He also inherited
the numerous schemes designed and redesigned by some of the greatest architectural and
engineering minds of the 16th century. There were certain common elements in these schemes.
They all called for a dome to equal that engineered by Brunelleschi a century earlier and which
has since dominated the skyline of Renaissance Florence, and they all called for a strongly
symmetrical plan of either Greek Cross form, like the iconic St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, or of a
Latin Cross with the transepts of identical form to the chancel, as at Florence Cathedral. Even
though the work had progressed only a little in 40 years, Michelangelo did not simply dismiss the
ideas of the previous architects. He drew on them in developing a grand vision. Above all,
Michelangelo recognized the essential quality of Bramante's original design. He reverted to the
Greek Cross and, as Helen Gardner expresses it: "Without destroying the centralising features of
Bramante's plan, Michelangelo, with a few strokes of the pen converted its snowflake complexity
into massive, cohesive unity."

So, like in our lives, we tend to give up on the trials and struggles that we encounter and
even the worst thing is there are people who will destroy it. But life must go on, thinking positive
that there’s a legacy will be imprint to the people. Literally the St. Peter’s Square and the members,
it was persecuted and destroyed, yet its still remain.

Mark John Mise Montargo

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