st. peter’s church

January 31, 2019
Carlo Maderno died on 31 January 1629 in Rome, where he had risen to become one of city’s most important architects.

April 26, 2014
The cleaning of Bernini’s colonnade at Piazza St. Pietro was completed in time for Easter celebrations after almost five and a half years of work and about 14 million euros to pay for it.

November 28, 2013
Gianlorenzo Bernini died on this day in 1680 in Rome.