Basilica the splendor and the scandal : building St. Peter's
It was the splendor--and the scandal--of the age, the defining event of the high Renaissance. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe--the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle'...
| Main Author: | Scotti, R. A. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking,
2006.
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