Tempietto di S. Pietro in Montorio
You’re looking at the Tempietto del Bramante—really a martyrium—designed by Donato Bramante to mark the spot traditionally linked with Saint Peter’s crucifixion. It was commissioned by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, and it was completed around 1502 for the cloister of San Pietro in Montorio on the Gianicolo. What makes this such a “Bramante” moment is the way High Renaissance geometry turns into symbolism. It’s a small, freestanding circular chapel, and the structure draws on classical precedents Bramante could study in Rome—like the temple of Vesta at Tivoli—while also nodding to earlier Christian circular martyriums such as Santa Costanza. The result is harmonious proportions you still feel through the Tuscan order: slender Tuscan columns carrying a Doric-style entablature modeled after the ancient Theatre of Marcellus. …
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