Italy : handbook for travellers . he new pope used to becrowned, and whence he imparted his benediction at Easter to theconcourse assembled in the piazza (discontinued since the Italianoccupation, comp. p. 112). The Portico, the ceiling of which is magnificently decoratedin stucco, is 78 yds. in length, 14^/2 in width, and 66 ft. in the ends are equestrian statues: on the right, Constantine theGreat by Bernini, on the left, Charlemagne by Comacchini. At theentrances are antique columns of pavoiiazzetto and African marble. Over the interior of the central external entrance is St. Pete

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Italy : handbook for travellers . he new pope used to becrowned, and whence he imparted his benediction at Easter to theconcourse assembled in the piazza (discontinued since the Italianoccupation, comp. p. 112). The Portico, the ceiling of which is magnificently decoratedin stucco, is 78 yds. in length, 14^/2 in width, and 66 ft. in the ends are equestrian statues: on the right, Constantine theGreat by Bernini, on the left, Charlemagne by Comacchini. At theentrances are antique columns of pavoiiazzetto and African marble. Over the interior of the central external entrance is St. Peter onthe sea, termed ?La N(iviceUa\ a mosaic after Giolto, formerly in theentrance-court of the earlier church , unfortunately considerably alteredby Marcello Provenzale and Fr. Berrelta. A copy of the original is preserv-ed in S. Maria delta Concezione in the Pia/.za Barberini (p. 163). — Ofthe five doors of the church that on the extreme right is called thePoKTA Santa, indicated by a cross, and is only opened in the years of.

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