The great altar with its baldachin, St Peter's Basilica, Rome, : Underwood & Underwood

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The great altar with its baldachin, St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy. The monumental bronze baldachin shelters the papal altar and the relics of St Peter. Commissioned by Pope Urban VIII it was created by the great Baroque architect and sculptor Lorenzo Bernini between 1624 and 1633. Stereoscopic card detail.

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Size: 4070px × 4294px
Location: World,Europe,Italy,Lazio,Roma,Rome,World,Europe,Holy See
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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