Baldacchino di San Pietro

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Baldacchino_di_San_Pietro
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Baroque sculptural canopy
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini
gptkb:Francesco_Borromini
gptkbp:category gptkb:sculpture
Renaissance architecture
canopy
altar furniture
gptkbp:city gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Pope_Urban_VIII
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1634
1623
gptkbp:country gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Saint_Peter
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:Angel
gptkb:papal_tiara
gptkb:Barberini_bees
gptkbp:height 28.74 meters
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baldacchino di San Pietro
gptkbp:influenced Baroque church architecture
gptkbp:influencedBy Solomonic columns of Old St. Peter's Basilica
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:St._Peter's_Basilica
gptkbp:material bronze
gilded wood
gptkbp:notableFeature papal symbols
twisted Solomonic columns
Barberini family bees
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:purpose canopy over the high altar
gptkbp:significance one of the most important works of Baroque sculpture
gptkbp:situatedAbove gptkb:Tomb_of_Saint_Peter
gptkbp:style Baroque
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baldachin_by_Bernini
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7