Giardino della Pigna. Vaticano - Cortile di Pinia con monumento e pigna

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Vatican courtyard of Pinia with a column of the Vatican Council (in honor of the First Vatican Council of 1868-1870). Behind is the ancient bronze Pinecone for which the courtyard is named. The monument with a column, commissioned by the Pope, was made by the architect Virginie Vespignani in 1869 (in honor of the First Vatican Council). The Pope planned to erect a column with St. Peter on the Roman Janiculum hill near the church of San Pietro in Montorio, where, according to legend, the Apostle Peter was executed. By 1870, the statue was made by the sculptor F. Gnaccarini. But due to the unification of Rome and the rest of Italy, it was placed here only in 1885 (the monument was dismantled by order of the Pope in 1936, and the statue of the apostle is now installed in the Vatican garden). Judging by the trees, the photo was taken later (scan from the series "Architectural Lantern Slides of Italy", which the company G.