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 ...

(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 ...

The Vatican has announced that the completed restorations on the soaring baldacchino over the central altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini will be unveiled on Oct. 27.

The restoration of the monumental baldachin over the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica has been completed after months of work. It's the first time in 250 years that it has undergone such a cleaning.

The first major restoration since the mid-1700s of the massive canopy at the center of the cathedral of St. Peter’s cathedral, in Rome, is now underway. Also known as the baldachin, the canopy dates ...