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Escape the heat in Rome in this lakeside town where popes have holidayed for centuries. View on euronews ...
As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...
After the whirlwind of his election, Pope Leo XIV has decamped to Castel Gandolfo to escape the heat of Rome and enjoy a summer vacation, like many popes before him.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the ...
The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival ...
The Vatican Museums this week unveiled one of its most celebrated acquisitions, the “Apollo Belvedere,” after years of intensive restoration work by Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums ...
The restoration of Apollo Belvedere faced several challenges before its official unveiling on Oct. 15, including the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After this incident, the rotation of the museum custodians has been revised, and the staff changes for the areas outside the museums, such as the Pinecone Courtyard, due to the excessive heat of ...
Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, welcomed the benefactors in the courtyard of the museums, reminding the patrons that without them and their generous support, many works of art ...
Archaeology & History Vatican Restorers Are Working to Bring a Colossal Roman Sculpture of Hercules Back to Its Golden Glory The conservation work, funded by the Patrons of the Vatican Museums ...
A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through a Vatican gate Thursday evening and sped past Swiss Guards into a palace courtyard before the driver was apprehended by ...