Vatican prosecutors said that the 18-page manuscript, which apparently contains the first known specifications for the gilding of the baldacchino ... for the tomb of St. Peter underneath.

Rising above the altar is the baldacchino (baldachin), a 95ft ... In 1972, Michelangelo’s Pieta sculpture in St Peter’s Basilica was seriously damaged when Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian geologist ...

Squatriti said one can see the “intarcio” method throughout the floors of St. Peter’s Basilica ... the dust and grime that has darkened the baldacchino.

The epicenter of Roman Catholicism, St. Peter's Basilica is centered in Vatican City and is renowned for its stunning architecture. What's more, it's open daily for free. (Though it's closed on ...