The main altar of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna
The high altar of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna.
The Cathedral of Bologna, San Petronio, and its splendid High Altar in the apse of the church.
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In the oldest apse, the first tribune above the main altar of the basilica was erected between 1547 and 1549, but today all that remains are the four columns of Veronese marble reassembled in the new apse in 1662. In the same year, the architect Francesco Martini designed the large octagonal wooden dome, supported by monumental pediments placed directly on the capitals.
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