Episode 293 - Bernini’s Baldacchino
Rebuilding The Renaissance - Een podcast door Rocky Ruggiero - Woensdagen
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Commissioned in 1623 by Pope Urban VIII – whose coat of arms are ubiquitous throughout the monument - Bernini’s Baldacchino was his first large-scale project. Standing over 100ft. tall, the bronze structure marks the central point of the great Basilica of St. Peter over the tomb of the first pope in spectacular fashion.