PEACOCK'S GARDEN The Court of the Pine Cone, Vatican City

Pine Cone At Vatican. Bronze Pine Cone, Italian Fontana Della Pigna, at Courtyard of the Pigna of Vatican Museums This remarkable piece of art has traveled through time, reflecting the. The Huge statue known as the Pigna (pine) or the Fontana Della Pigna depicts a giant Pine Cone

Originally, it adorned the area near the Pantheon beside the Temple of Isis, where it served as a fountain, allowing water to cascade from its apex After you scan your Vatican Museum ticket at the museum entrance, you will see in front of you a large escalator.Once you have reached the top of the escalator, the Pinecone Courtyard is on your left while following the signs to the Sistine.

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It is currently located in the Cortile della Pigna Courtyard (to which it gives its name) in the complex of the Vatican Museums . Its name is due to the huge bronze cone in the courtyard This remarkable piece of art has traveled through time, reflecting the.

You won't believe it, but inside the Vatican City there is a 4 meter pine cone. The giant pine cone in the Vatican, known as the Pigna, is an impressive bronze sculpture standing nearly four meters tall The Pine Cone Courtyard of the Vatican Museum hosts a 2,000=year-old statue of a pine cone that has fascinated visitors, including Dante Alighieri, for centuries

Pine cone sculpture at Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Peter's Basilica during the Middle Ages and then moved again, in 1608, to its present location The colossal bronze pine cone was cast in the 1st or 2nd century by Publius Cincius Salvius who left his name on the base