San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 473
within the dome, some twohundred and forty feet above the floor ofthe church, the people look like bands ofants as they parade from shrine to shrine,genuflecting as they go. To the devout, St. Peters church is likethe Mecca of the Mohamedans. It has beenthe pilgrimsshrine for ages.Near the… … S.MNT PETERS CHIRCH. ROME Still goes on and you will most always seca l<jng line of votaries awaiting their turnfor this peculiar deference. In the center of the church, over the sup-posed bones of Saint Peter, is a huge, illproportioned canopy called the Balda-chino, which was made of copper…
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