Baldachin
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A baldachin, or baldaquin, is a canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne. It had its beginnings as a cloth canopy, but in other cases it is a sturdy, permanent architectural feature, p
Marie Antoinette's bed, which has a baldachin, in the Petit Trianon (Versailles, France)
Enthroned Virgin Mary with cloth of honour by Hans Memling
State bed of Louis XIV, Chambre du Roi, Versailles
Bernini's "Baldacchino" in St Peter's, Vatican City
Francisco Franco
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Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish military general and the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. He had led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic dur
Baldachin
…carriage, or carried by people walking on each side. An Egyptian pharaoh, for example, was escorted both in life and in death by such a canopy of estate. Francisco Franco, the ruler of Spain from 1939 to 1975, frequently walked under a baldachin after formally proclaiming Spain a monarchy—a privilege he appropriated as…
Formal portrait, c. 1960
Franco being held by his parents, on the day of his baptism on 17 December 1892
Francisco and his brother Ramón in North Africa, 1925
Franco in 1930