ID: 700008429 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008429	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Vatican Complex (building complex; various creators; mid-15th-17th centuries)

Note: Architectural complex focused on St. Peter's Basilica, St. Peter's square, and associated buildings. Work on the current complex was begun during the pontificate of Nicholas V (1447-1455), and lasted through the 17th century. The concept does not include Old Saint Peter's, which for a time coexisted with the new basilica under construction on the same site, but was not part of the design of the current complex. Located in: Rome, Italy

Titles:

Vatican Complex (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Vatican (C,U,English,,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

complex (buildings and sites) [300000202] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name))

religious building [300007391]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: mid-15th-17th centuries

Creator Display:

various creators [preferred,VP]

Creator: unavailable [,BWR]

creators various artists (various cultural designations, architects, or other people) [500204623]

administrators Vatican, The (Catholic organization in Vatican City, contemporary) [500311298]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Santa Sede [7001168] (Geographic)

Current: Roma [7000874] (Geographic)

Address Note: +41.9,+12.4833; Rome, Italy

Display Materials: primarily masonry

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

Dimensions: undetermined

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Related Works:

	built on site of .... Circus of Nero [700081634] Vatican sits on site of former Circus
	..........circus (Roman arena); Nero, Emperor of Rome (37-68), Ancient Roman, patron ; Calig...; 68; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Vatican Complex	........ [VP]
	........ Holy See [official site] (2002-)
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1975)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Vatican	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3785889

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-)

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Holy See [official site] (2002-)
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001)
	..... BWR database (2010-)