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 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 ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Four hundred years after its creation, the famed baldachin that sits above the tomb of St. Peter in Rome will be restored ahead of the 2025 Jubilee year in what experts described ...

VATICAN CITY -- Restorers put the finishing touches Tuesday on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter's Basilica, which has been covered in scaffolding for months during the first ...

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(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 8 - The famed Baldachin of St Peter's, the magnificent Baroque masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that rises above the high altar in the Roman Basilica, has been restored and the ...

(11 Jan 2024) The Vatican on Thursday unveiled plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldachin, or canopy, over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, pledging to complete the work on ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A giant bronze canopy at the centre of St Peter's Basilica will get its first major makeover in more than 260 years to restore its lustre in time for Holy Year ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Visitors to Rome will have the opportunity to experience St. Peter’s Basilica in a new way as part of an immersive exhibit, both in person and online, created through a ...

We knew we would regret not visiting St. Peter’s Basilica while we were in Rome. It was an amazing experience, and the massive church is absolutely stunning—mind-boggling, really. It’s hard to put ...