Cortile della Pigna. Cortile di Pina - pigna e piedistallo antico

 Holy See (Vatican City State) > Vatican City

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Vatican courtyard Pinia - an ancient bronze cone, behind it is an antique pedestal. The antique 4-meter tall Italian pine cone previously stood for a long time in the courtyard of the old St. Peter's Basilica as part of the fountain, and after the renovation of the basilica, the Cone from 1608 - in this place also as part of the fountain. An antique pedestal of the 2nd century - from a lost column with a statue of Emperor Antoninus Pius (here since 1885, now it stands at the entrance to the Vatican Museums).