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Transfer of Vatican Official Who Exposed Corruption Hints at Power Struggle

New York Times - Jan 27, 2012
But “Viganò's new controls produced backlash among administrators of individual departments, such as the Vatican museums and Vatican gardens, long accustomed to operating in semiautonomous fashion,” John L. Allen Jr. wrote on Thursday in the National ...

Vatican denies corruption charges attributed to U.S. nuncio

National Catholic Reporter (blog) - Jan 26, 2012
It had already been widely reported that Viganò's new controls produced backlash among administrators of individual departments, such as the Vatican museums and Vatican gardens, long accustomed to operating in semi-autonomous fashion.

Vatican: Director says 5 mln visitors to Museums is cause for concern

Adnkronos International English - Jan 11, 2012
(AKI) - More than 5 million people visited the Vatican Museums last year, a threshold that prompted the pope's private gallery to call for further measures to protect its invaluable collection from the potential destruction caused by the uninterrupted ...

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Rick Steves' Pocket Rome

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Rome Weekend Itinerary: Christian Rome Tour

by: React Publishing
Welcome to Rome Travel Guides, the best source to plan your trip to the most beautiful Italian city, Rome. If you have a nice long weekend to spend in Rome and are interested in seeing some of the most famous religious monuments, then this is the perfect itinerary for you! This tour brings you to some of the most important churches Rome has to offer, like the four Papal Basilicas, but also the Vatican Museums, the Vatican Grottoes and other ancient roman churches found around the Aventine.
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VATICAN MUSEUMS

The purpose of this tour is the visit of the Vatican Museums and a large part of the Vatican City,one of the European microstates, situated on the Vatican Hill in the west-central part of Rome, Its borders closely follow the city wall constructed to protect the Pope from outside attack.

 

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Vatican Museums mark 500 years of Raphael masterpiece

The city of Rome has always been synonymous with art. In all its glory and splendor, the citys art makes it one of the most beautiful in the world. This year, one of the most prominent works of art in Rome is celebrating 500 years. Antonio Paolucci Director, Vatican Museums In the summer of 1508, Pope Julius II asked Michelangelo and Rafael to come to Rome to paint the Sistine Chapel and the Room of the Signatura. It was like a miracle: two of the most important artists of the moment together in Rome, thanks to a pope that understood their genius. The Dispute over the Sacrament is in the heart of the Vatican Museums and its celebrating 500 years of its completion. Its an allegory of theological truth. It represents this through the glory of the Eucharist adored by the triumphant Church in heaven and the militant one on earth. The fresco is in the Room of the Signatura in the Vaticans Apostolic Palace, right in front of one of Raphaels other frescoes, the School of Athens, an allegory of philosophical truth. Thats why many interpret this room as a confrontation between theological truth and philosophical truth. Besides being known as the Dispute over the Sacrament, this work of art has no intrinsic controversy. Five hundred years after Raphaels final stroke of his brush, its only an apparent controversy, because they arent truths that contradict each other. BR/RS

 

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The Vatican Museums are home to a curious Latin exam

www.romereports.com Many have heard the question 'What's the point in learning Latin'?

 

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Vatican Museums interactive guide for iPhone and iPod Touch - Trailer

This is the start of a mysterious and fascinating trip: a voyage across more than 20 centuries of creativity through which art and history intertwine, telling the story of what human ingenuity has created through the ages. The Vatican Museums begin just beyond a massive bronze door that, like magic, takes you out of Italy and into the smallest country in the world: the Vatican. The most sought-after stop on the Vatican Museum trail is without doubt the Sistine Chapel however every room is rich in history and precious examples of life from every era. Topics: •Birth of Vatican Museums •The Sistine Chapel (Michelangelo) •Raphael's rooms •Pio-Clementino Museum •Pinacoteca (Leonardo Da Vinci, Caravaggio, ...) •and much more... Buy on iTunes: itunes.apple.com Site info: www.italyguides.it

 

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Vatican Museums releases angels of Melozzo da Forli for exhibition

January 29, 2011. "Without Melozzo, the work of Raphael and Michelangelo would have never existed." This statement by Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, sums up the impact this renaissance painter had on some of the greatest Italian painters. Melozzo da Forli has not gone down in history with the same amount of fame as other painters but his influence on art has been well recognized. Now, some of the artist's best known works in the Vatican Museums are leaving for his hometown. The four paintings that are leaving are his famous angels, work that reveals Melozzo's precision in representing human beauty. Starting January 29, they will be on display in the Italian town of Forlì, for the exhibition "Melozzo from Forlì: the human beauty of Piero della Francesca and Raphael." Pier Giuseppe Dolcini Exhibitions, "Melozzo da Forli" "The interesting thing about Melozzo is that he recognized the concept of beauty of Piero della Francesca and passed it on to Rafael. It's very striking, because Melozzo is a painter of universal values. Something that is especially evident in the Forlì exhibition." Along with Melozzo's angels, the exhibit will also have some of the best work of Bramante, Berruguete, Botticelli and Fra Angelico. This collection of masterpieces will only be on exhibit in the Italian town of Forlì until the 12th of June. Melozzo da Forlì (c. 1438 -- November 8, 1494) was a famous Italian Renaissance painter and architect, the first to practice ...