Exhibition includes the jeep Blessed Pope John Paul II was travelling in when he was shot and an immense horse-drawn carriage made in 1826
Topic: Vatican Museums
Vatican officials reject nuncio’s ‘corruption’ charge
Posted on Sunday, 5 February 2012
Statement makes unusually public rebuke of a high-ranking colleague
Vatican Museums welcome an exhibition by Fabergé
Posted on Saturday, 16 April 2011
Exhibition shows 140 pieces of the best Russian jewellery from the past 100 years
Vatican Museums loans work of Renaissance master
Posted on Sunday, 30 January 2011
Melozzo da Forli greatly influenced Raphael and Michelangelo
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Vatican Museums to display Matisse’s religious works
Posted on Sunday, 15 August 2010
Works were donated to the Vatican by Matisse’s son
The stunning papal visit exhibition that never was
Posted on Monday, 19 July 2010
The V&A is putting on a unique exhibition of Raphael tapestries to coincide with the Pope’s trip – but another spectacular show seems to have bit the dust
Vatican announces ‘once in a lifetime’ display of Raphael works at the V&A
Posted on Thursday, 15 July 2010
Yesterday, for the first time since 1983, the Vatican hung the tapestries on the walls of the Sistine Chapel where they are thought to have originally been located
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