St. Peter's Baldachin (Italian: Baldacchino di San Pietro, L'Altare di Bernini) is a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, technically called a ciborium or baldachin, over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the city-state and papal enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy. The baldachin is at the center of the crossing, and directly under the dome of the basilica. Designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, it was intended to mark, in a monumental way, the place of Saint P

What Sits Underneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

Restorers complete work on the canopy covering St. Peter's main altar ahead of the 2025 Jubilee

Vatican unveils St. Peter's Baldachin as first restoration in 250 years nears completion