Plate CIII · Vatican
Vol. XII (1954) · full-page plateAbove left: EXTERIOR OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL with the patrol walkway. Architecture by Giovannino de' Dolci (1480). Above right: ARCH OF THE BELLS. Entrance to the interior of Vatican City to the left of the basilica of St. Peter. Below left: CENTRAL PART OF THE FACADE OF THE BASILICA OF ST. PETER, work by Carlo Maderno (1607-14). In 1612, the date inscribed on the facade, only the masonry work was finished. Below right: BRAMANTE'S STAIRCASE (first decade of the 16th cent.), leaning against the Palazzetto of Innocent VIII.



