EPISODE · Dec 11, 2024 · 17 MIN
Episode 308 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Chair of St. Peter"
from Rebuilding The Renaissance
In 1647, Gian Lorenzo began work on a monumental reliquary for an ancient wooden chair ("Cathedra Petri") thought to have belonged to St. Peter himself. The result was a spectacular ensemble of sculpture, gilded architecture, stained-glass and stucco that dominates the western apse of the great basilica.
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