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Why you should visit Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo’s summer holiday escape in Italy
The area around Lake Albano has been a favourite getaway for Roman rulers since the time of the Emperor Domitian in the first ...
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The Vatican’s Newly Restored Raphael Rooms Spotlight the Great Artist Who Died Before Finishing His Final Project
As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...
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Major Raphael Discovery Emerges From Vatican Museum Restoration
The Vatican Museums have unveiled its newly restored Hall of Constantine, one of its Raphael Rooms, including two newly ...
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Vatican unveils last of restored Raphael Rooms
The Vatican Museums on June 26 unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that ...
The Making of an American Pope
Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...