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The St. Peter`s Basilica from the granite fountain in the Vatican City Royalty Free Stock Photo

Inside view of the left side colonnade of St. Peter`s Square in the Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed the square including the massive Doric colonnades,four columns deep, which embrace visitors in `the maternal arms of Mother Church` from 1656 to 1667, under the direction of Pope Alexander VII. The colonnades frame the trapezoidal entrance to the basilica and the massive elliptical area which precedes it.