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We begin with the total destruction of the Old St. Peter\\u2019s and then visit the center of the Renaissance and Baroque Basilica that replaced it. We find there the Confessio, the high altar, and Bernini\\u2019s soaring Baldacchino. Surrounding these central elements Bernini placed four huge statues and four associated relics, and nearby he situated a massive \\u201cChair of St. Peter,\\u201d so important as a defense of papal authority, and matched statues of two powerful popes.

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