Scala Regia (artwork)
The Scala Regia is the dramatic stair from the Apostolic Palace that greets arrivals at the heart of the Vatican. This barrel-vaulted flight, designed and realized through a collaboration of master hands, forms the formal ascent toward the Sala Regia, which then connects to the Sistine Chapel and the Pauline Chapel. Bernini, famed for his theatrical baroque touch, restored the stairs from 1663 to 1666, while the structure itself originated in the early 16th century, with Antonio da Sangallo the Younger credited for its initial construction. At the base stands Bernini’s equestrian statue of Constantine the Great, positioned to mark a pivotal moment when, according to the legend on the mottoed ribbon beneath a cross, the future fate of the Christian empire was seen “In …
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