travel europe vatican city state st peter's basilica interior papal altar & baldacchino
ARCHITECTS: DONATO BRAMANTE, MICHELANGELO, CARLO MADERNO, GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1626)
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The Papal Altar & Baldacchino under Michelangelo's dome St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 1999.
The dome and the altar sit at the Crossing of the Nave and Transepts.
The Papal Altar seems small under Bernini's Baldacchino, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.
At the bottom right can be seen the staircase leading down to the catacombs.
Beyond the Baldacchino is the golden Altar of the Chair of St. Peter.
Papal Altar & Baldacchino, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.
Detail of the top of the Baldacchino, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.
Detail of the ceiling of the Baldacchino, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, 2017.
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