Restorer Eleonora Di Vittorio works, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in front of a bronze statue of St John Chrysostom, right, part of the Cathedra of St. Peter's inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican ...

Restoration work has begun on the baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Workers will scale the scaffolding surrounding the 92-feet-high canopy each ...

Restorer Sante Guido (right) shows journalists the end of the restoration works of Bernini’s monumental bronze canopy on Tuesday, situated beneath Michelangelo’s massive dome, after the gleaming ...

VATICAN CITY — Restorers put the finishing touches Tuesday on the ornate canopy covering the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, which has been covered in scaffolding for months during the first ...