Italy 2012 / 20120605zf_VaticanStPetersBaldacchino
Ruth Milner, rmilner plus web at bookofmarvels dot net
3/18/2013
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20120605zf_VaticanStPetersBaldacchino St. Peter's Basilica

... and they were utterly dwarfed by the scale of their surroundings. In front of the altar is Bernini's Baldacchino with its twisted columns. Beneath the floor of the Baldacchino is the ancient tomb of St. Peter. In late 2013, the Pope brought out several bone fragments claimed to be St. Peter's, the first time they had ever been displayed in public.