Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The original floor plan created by Donato Bramante looks like:
This is plan 1 of 3. The plan is based on a square, superimposed on a cross with arms of equal length. The cross makes the main sections of the church building: nave and chancel crossed by the transepts, with a circular dome over the crossing. There are four smaller domes, one in each corner of the square. The arms of the cross project beyond the square.
However the finished floor plan looks like

Pictures taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter's_Basilica#mediaviewer/File:SaintPierre.svg and http://www.stuardtclarkesrome.com/floor.htm
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