Quod non fecerunt Barbari, fecerunt Barberini (What the
barbarians left standing, Barberini contrived to destroy). Pope
Barberini robbed the roof of the Pantheon to build the Baldacchino, or
canopy of St. Peter's. It is made entirely of bronze, and weighs ninety
tons.
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