Nine months after the start of the restoration work, the baldachin will be unveiled for a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis Oct ...

Restorers have put the finishing touches on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, which has been ...

MORE than two dozen popes have celebrated Mass under the giant canopy that rises over the main altar of St Peter’s Basilica, ...

The famed Baldachin of St Peter's, the magnificent Baroque masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that rises above the high ...

The restoration of the monumental baldachin over the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica has been completed after months of ...

The Vatican invited journalists to get an inside view of restoration works on the 17th-century canopy standing over the main ...

October 08, 2024 Press Tour of the restoration site of the Baldachin and the altar of the Chair of St. Peter in St. Peter's ...

Standing 29 metres (95 feet) tall -- the height of a 10-storey building -- the Baldachin by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo ...

Concealed by scaffolding since February, the restoration of the gilded Baldachin in St. Peter's Basilica is nearing ...

The structure, which is positioned over the basilica's main altar to provide a ceremonial covering for the tomb of St. Peter ...

Journalists were allowed a bird’s eye view of the 29-meter canopy, or baldachin, on Tuesday, climbing the scaffolding to observe where workers have buffed the intricate surface of the bronze and ...