Solomonic columns with twisted, spiraling shafts have ornamented buildings since ancient times. Over the centuries, many cultures have adopted the Solomonic column style.
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Bernini's design for the Baldacchino incorporated giant solomonic columns inspired by columns that ringed the altar of the Old St. Peter's.
Solomonic columnsColumns with twisted spiral shafts, called after columns in Rome supposed to have come from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. Also called Salomonic columns, barley-sugar columns.
 See also: House, Shaft, Temple, Architecture, Church
  
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