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Inside, you’ll see the Medici family arms set in the floor in front of the altar.
Chengdu’s most popular Daoist temple, Qingyanggong (“Green Goat Temple”), is a lively, garish complex where two bronze “good luck” goats at the main altar have been rubbed smooth by worshippers seeking their fortunes.
Beneath the dome, Bernini’s great baldacchino (canopy), cast out of bronze beams taken from the Pantheon’s porch (see page 51), soars above the high altar.
Perhaps the most interesting exhibit is the 14-panel depiction of the life of Christ, painted by the school of Grão Vasco in 1501–1506 and transferred from the altar of the Viseu cathedral in the 18th century.
The remains of a Moorish mosque are hidden behind the altar.