La Scala Regia was commissioned by Alexander VII made between 1663 and 1666 and was intended to inform the court of San Pedro with the Vatican palaces:
was one of the last intervention Bernini in his great enterprise Vatican. is a ladder that communicates with the precincts of the Vatican basilica. is a work both functional and ceremonial. Moreover, we can say that has a strongly theatrical. Bernini had space for the staircase was conditioned by 2 walls could not destroy. Also had to take into account the slope has the space. To correct these proportions, Bernini columns that introduces a variable rate (column diameter decreases from top to bottom). To this is added a vault acasetonada is also reducing its dimensions. plays with perspective and light: 
This work must relate to an earlier work designed by Borromini, and is located in the Palazzo Spada (Rome): 
Somehow, this work reflects the competition that existed between the two (Bernini and Borromini). The space problem is resolved in a manner similar to that used by Borromini, but the classic details differ a lot from this author Bernini. 
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