St. Peter's Baldacchino, Baroque masterpiece in Vatican City
St. Peter's Baldachin is a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica.
Designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, it was intended to mark, in a monumental way, the place of Saint Peter's tomb underneath.
The Baldachin serves as a visual focus within the basilica; it itself is a very large structure and forms a visual mediation between the enormous scale of the building and the human scale of the people officiating at the religious ceremonies at the papal altar beneath its canopy.
The Baldachin is located directly under the dome of the basilica.
It is the largest bronze piece of work in the world.
Inception: 1620s
Creator: Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Material: bronze
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St. Peter's Baldachin is a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica.
Saint Peter's Tomb sits directly beneath the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
The Chair of Saint Peter is a wooden throne that was traditionally believed to have been used by Saint Peter, the leader of the Apostles.
The Tomb of Pope Alexander VII is a baroque funerary monument.
The organ of St. Peter's Basilica is the largest in Vatican City.
The Vatican Grottoes are a vast underground graveyard beneath St. Peter's Basilica.
The Tomb of the Julii is located beneath St. Peter's Basilica.
St. Peter's Basilica is the largest Christian church in the world.
The Vatican Necropolis stands beneath St. Peter's Basilica and includes tombs and mausoleums.
