My latest audio book
Basilica
It was the splendor and the scandal of the age. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe, the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle's grave, to build a better basilica. Construction of the new St. Peter's spanned two centuries, embroiled 27 popes, and consumed the genius of the greatest artists of the age: Michaelangelo, Bramante, Raphael, and Bernini. The cost of building the new cathedral was costly in more than just monetary terms; the new basilica provoked the Protestant Reformation, dividing the Christian world for all time. In this swift, colorful narrative, R.A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy, and staggering genius.
very interesting indeed
here is the site for the basilica
big building
Saint peters Basilica
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books on tape are great for road trips!!!
hows things been hanging lately?
been home loading recently.. trying to work out some good loads... so far ive figured out that the 168 grain bullets are way too light for the 300 rum... im just not happy with three inch groups at three hundred yards. so im going to load some 180s and 200 next week and see what they can do.
hope all is well!
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