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Where to find Bramante’s High Renaissance buildings in Rome and the Vatican.
Donato Bramante (1444-11 April 1514), was an Italian architect who introduced the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his original plan for St Peter’s formed the basis of a later design by Michelangelo. Bramante’s palaces, cloisters, staircases and courtyards can still be seen around Rome and in Vatican City.
St Peter’s Piazza di S. Pietro
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Pope Julius II commissioned Bramante to build a new St Peter’s, replacing the basilica erected by Constantine in the fourth century, and the first stone was laid in 1506. Bramante’s design was revolutionary: instead of the classic Latin-cross church with five naves, he proposed a Greek-cross structure, towered over by a large central dome. However when Pope Julius died in 1513, Bramante was replaced – a year before his own death – by Giuliano da Sangallo, Fra Giocondo and Raphael. In 1547 Michelangelo took over as chief architect, making substantial changes to Bramante’s original plan.
Chiostro del Bramante Via della Pace
Tempietto del Bramante Piazza di S. Pietro in Montorio 3
Scala del Bramante Vatican Museums
Palazzo della Cancelleria Piazza della Cancelleria
Cortile del Belvedere Vatican City
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