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's grave--t...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Scotti, R. A.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, 2006.
Subjects:	Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano > History. Vatican City > History. Vatican City > Buildings, structures, etc.
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