- As such, he would also have had the royal privilege of ascending and later descending the Scala Regia in the Vatican.
- Bernini continued refining the equestrian sculpture, and changes were made to the design to cope with the new location on the Scala Regia.
- Transporting the sculpture from Bernini's studio to Scala Regia took ten days and required guards to look after it during the night.
- It was only at an undefined point in the 1660s that the location for the statue become the new Scala Regia that Bernini himself was designing.
- Sangallo also worked extensively on the Vatican apartments, building the Sala Regia which serves as the entryway to the Sistine Chapel, and the Scala Regia, the staircase that serves as the main entrance to the Apostolic Palace.
- ""'The Vision of Constantine " "'is an equestrian sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, located in the Scala Regia by St . Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
- For example, from the sharp apex of the site a keyhole shaped opening leads to a little-seen Scala Regia with a ramped floor, gold-leafed terminus and ancient Egyptian aura takes visitors into the heart of the building.
- Emperors and other monarchs, having paid respects to the Pope, descended the Scala Regia, and would observe the light shining down through the window, with the motto, reminiscent of Constantine's vision, and be reminded to follow the Cross.
- The motto also appears prominently placed as a motto on a ribbon unfurled with a passion cross to its left, beneath a window over the Scala Regia, adjacent to Bernini's equestrian statue of Emperor Constantine, in the Cardinal Patrick O'Donnell.
- Originally commissioned as a free standing work of art within St . Peter's itself, the sculpture was finally unveiled in 1670 as an integral part of the Scala Regia-Bernini's redesigned stairway between St . Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Palace.
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