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It proclaims the power and confidence of the Catholic Church. But the basilica still lacked a centrepiece. And it' s here that Bernini produced his masterpiece. The new basilica had been built above the original tomb of St Peter. To honour the shrine which gave Papal Rome its sanctity, Bernini created this monumental canopy, his baldacchino. There' s something very thrilling and powerful about this triumphalist piece of architecture here. It' s not just declaring the triumph of the Church and the majesty of the papacy, but it' s also pointing out the connection between Rome and Jerusalem. These gorgeous curving pillars are specially designed as replicas of pillars from the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. And so, what Bernini is saying here is that Rome is the new Holy City, Rome is the new Jerusalem. On 18th November 1626, the vision of Julius II was finally realised. 20 popes later, the new St Peter' s was finished. Today, it remains the largest church in the world. |
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tā zhǐ the basilica zhāo shì le tiān zhǔ jiào huì de quán lì hé xìn xīn. dàn zhè zuò jiào táng hái shǎo yī jiàn" zhèn táng zhī bǎo". ér bèi ěr ní ní zhèng shì zài zhè lǐ wán chéng le tā de jié zuò. zhè zuò xīn de fāng xíng jiào táng jiù jiàn zài yuán shèng bǐ dé líng mù shàng fāng. shèng líng fù yǔ le jiào huáng shí dài de luó mǎ yǐ shén shèng xìng, wèi biǎo jì niàn, bèi ěr ní ní chuàng zuò le zhè gè fēng bēi shì de dǐng péng, tā nà zhù míng de huá gài. zhè jiàn yào wǔ yáng wēi bān de jiàn zhù yǒu zhe fēi cháng lìng rén zhèn fèn qiě zhèng néng liàng mǎn mǎn de yì yì. tā bù zhǐ shì zài xuān gào jiào huì de shèng lì yǐ jí jiào huáng de quán wēi, tā hái diǎn míng liǎo luó mǎ hé yē lù sā lěng zhī jiān de lián xì. zhèi xiē huá lì de hú xíng zhù zi shì yǐ yē lù sā lěng suǒ luó mén shèng diàn de zhù zi wèi yuán xíng ér jīng xīn shè jì de fù běn. suǒ yǐ, bèi ěr ní ní zài cǐ chuán dá de xùn xī shì: luó mǎ, shì xīn de shén shèng zhī chéng luó mǎ, shì xīn de yē lù sā lěng. 1626 nián 11 yuè 18 rì, zhū lì yè sī èr shì de yuàn jǐng zhōng yú shí xiàn le. lì jīng 20 wèi jiào huáng, xīn de shèng bǐ dé jiào táng jùn gōng le. jīn tiān, tā réng shì shì jiè shang zuì dà de jiào táng. |