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s0001062 |
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10/05/00 |
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03/23/06 |
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Saint Peter's Basilica |
| San Pietro in Vaticano |
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Completed in:
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1590
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| Status: |
in use
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Location: |
Vatican City
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| Description | Value |
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| dome |
masonry
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| tension ring |
iron
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height |
137 m | | |
total length |
193 m |
| dome |
diameter |
42 m |
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| 18th century
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| 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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Bussagli, Marco Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France) , ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 298-299.
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Heinle, Erwin Kuppeln aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421030626, 1996; pp. 98-105.
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López, Gema M. 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.
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Mainstone, Rowland Saving the dome of St Peter's, in
"Construction History", 2003 v. 19 .
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Marconi, Nicoletta Technicians and Master Builders for the Dome of St. Peter’s in Vatican in
the Eighteenth Century, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
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