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Comissioned by Pope Urban VIII in 1624 Bernini's extravagant canopy stands over the tomb of St Peter.. Amassive 26 meter high cast of 927 tons of metal removed from the Pantheon in 1633.SWpiral columns copied from the Constantine basilica. It contains the faces of woman in childbirth.

 

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