In Rome Bramante created what has been described as " a perfect architectural gem ", the Tempietto in the Cloister of San Pietro in Montorio.
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The structure rises 365 feet ( 108 m ) to the cross at its summit, but is evocative of the much smaller Tempietto by Bramante.
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The church is adjacent to the church of San Francesco di Paola and is echoed by the larger Sanctuary of Sant'Antonio behind the Tempietto.
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In the presbitery is a small tempietto structure ( 1490 ) by Andrea Bregno, surrounding paintings were completed Michele Tosini, nephew of Domenico del Ghirlandaio.
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Inside on the rear apse walls of the tempietto are the faded traces of two eighth-century frescoes of Jesus and St . Peter and St . Paul.
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His first Roman masterpiece, the " Tempietto " ( 1502 ) at San Pietro in Montorio, is a centralized dome structure that recalls Classical temple architecture.
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In the centre of the church there is a " tempietto " or free-standing chapel containing a fresco of the Madonna and child by Bicci di Lorenzo.
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The great progenitor of these is the Tempietto of Donato Bramante in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome, c . 1502, which has been widely admired ever since.
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Towards the end of Palladio's life, Marcantonio commissioned him to design a circular chapel, the Tempietto, to serve the Maser estate, and he personally supervised its construction.
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The pinnacles and the tempietto at the top of the structure, severely damaged by machine guns during the Spanish civil war were restored, and the ground floor damage was partially recovered.
