Osram has won a notable piece of repeat business, as the Vatican agreed to replenish the lighting inside St. Peter's Basilica with LED luminaires and spots, three years after relighting the Sistine Chapel.

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　　The new architectural lighting will accentuate the “magnificence, power, and architectural complexity,” of the world's largest church, will improve the illumination of artworks such as Bernini's bronze canopy and Michelangelo’s marble Pieta, and will also provide energy savings of around 85% by replacing halogens, Osram said.

　　Osram's LED relighting of the Sistine Chapel in 2014 accomplished similar objectives, helping to give new visual life to Michelangelo's famous ceiling and other masterpieces. Osram has also relit the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican Palace, and installed new outdoor LED lighting at St. Peter's Square.

　　“We won worldwide recognition for the cutting-edge LED lighting system we installed in the Sistine Chapel,” said Osram CEO Olaf Berlien. “We are very excited about this new opportunity to demonstrate our skills as a provider of complex, large-scale lighting solutions by conducting the lighting project in St. Peter's Basilica.”