Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Baldachino / baldachin / baldacchino / baldaquin

An ornamental canopy over an altar, usually supported by columns, or a similar form over a tomb or throne

Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Our Lady of Victory Basilica
  
  
• Blessed Trinity RC Church
  
  
• St. John the Evangelist RC Church
  
  
• St. Casimir's RC Church 
  
  
• Watercolor, Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Buffalo Religious Art Center

Other examples:

• St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy

• Granada Cathedral, Granada, Spain
  
  
• Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy
  

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