1. From the inside, it resembles an ancient auditorium, its four walls shaped like short bleachers around a central altar that looks like a stage. 2. Standing in front of a central altar emblazoned with the chrysanthemum crest of the emperor, they clapped their hands to summon the spirits of fallen comrades. 3. Sitting on the central altar were a raised candle ringed by red carnations and four other candles, representing the dead airmen. 4. It had been placed temporarily behind the central altar in the St John the Baptist cathedral, where firemen reached it before it suffered any harm. 5. It had been placed temporarily behind the central altar in the St John the Baptist cathedral, the only Renaissance building in the Alpine city. 6. The firemen earlier retrieved the reliquary containing the Shroud from behind the central altar in the cathedral. 7. The firemen retrieved the reliquary containing the Shroud from behind the central altar in the cathedral where it had been moved temporarily from the Guarini chapel. |