Question

Which of the four plans of St. Peter’s Basilica is represented in the image below? a. Old Saint Peter’s Basilica b. Bramante’s plan c. Michelangelo’s plan d. Maderno’s plan

Answer 1

Answer:

d. Maderno’s plan

Explanation:

This is the final plan of the  St. Peter’s Basilica, the plan of Carlo Maderno, who continued the plans of Michelangelo's plans by adding a nave and a narthex.

Bramante's plan was basically a square, roughly representing the top half of the image provided in the question.

It was modified by Michelangelo who added a section, then extended once more by Maderno who gave it this aspect.

The basilica was finished in 1626, 120 years after the construction began.