Restoration work has begun on the baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Workers will scale the scaffolding surrounding the 92-feet-high canopy each ...
The 10-story high baldacchino is the four-pillared canopy covering the main altar of the basilica, which was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the 1620s-1630s to provide a monumental and ceremonial ...
The Vatican has revealed plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica. The restoration project, which will cost about $770,000, is funded ...
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The Vatican on Thursday unveiled plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldacchino, or canopy, over the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, pledging to complete the work on Bernini’s ...
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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican on Thursday unveiled plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldacchino, or canopy, over the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica, pledging to complete the work ...