The keys to heaven Beneath Michelangelo’s great dome, the high altar of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome is covered by a baldachin, a bronze canopy designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The altar ...

Concealed by scaffolding since February, the restoration of the gilded Baldachin in St. Peter's Basilica is nearing completion, with the 30-meter-tall centrepiece's reinvigorated features being ...

(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 restoration of the monumental baldachin over the main altar in St Peters Basilica has been completed after months of work. Its the first time in 250 years that it has undergone such a cleaning.

Vatican officials have announced a €700,000 restoration of St. Peter's Basilica's baldachin. The project aims to complete the first extensive work on Bernini's masterpiece in 250 years before Pope ...

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 7, 2025 / 18:20 pm. A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that were on the altar to ...

On Sunday, April 6, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered “Veronica’s Veil,” a cloth that, according to tradition, was used to wipe the face of Jesus on ...

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The Vatican on Thursday unveiled plans for a yearlong restoration of the monumental baldachin, or canopy, over the main altar of St. Peters Basilica, pledging to complete the work on Berninis ...