We know what St. Peter’s looked like in approximately 1535 because of a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck. The new construction did not show …
Central to the connection between Michelangelo’s cupola and Peter’s tomb is the superb bronze baldachin by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. In the midst of the …
The Nave and Aisles of Constantine’s Basilica were 118 meters long. They can be seen in a fresco by Domenico Tasselli formerly in the …