Podcasts Culture Get Ready for Rome 32. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the Entrance to St. Peters Basilica, and the Creation of Europe

32. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the Entrance to St. Peters Basilica, and the Creation of Europe

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 5 p.m.

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Today we visit the Portico of St. Peter's Basilica, and find there--again!--the work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Rome's greatest and most prolific Baroque sculptor and architect. We also encounter the emperors Constantine and Charlemagne, who did so much to create Christian Europe.

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