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.
Since February the imposing 17th-century canopy, known as a baldachin, has been shrouded in scaffolding as restorers gradually worked their way up to the top of the 10-story structure, affording ...