Vatican City
No oil, no gas—no stopping: Climate activists in Italy glue themselves to ancient Vatican Museums sculpture
The group is funded by the Los Angeles-based Climate Emergency Fund
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Ten essential artworks to see in Vatican City
From Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling to a whole room dedicated to Henri Matisse, we round up some of the unmissable artistic treasures in the world's smallest state
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Raphaels reunited for the Pope’s German visit
The Pope apparently insisted that the Vatican's Raphael’s Madonna di Foligno be displayed alongside Dresden’s own Raphael, painted in the same year
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Raphael’s use of shading revealed as the “Parnassus” restoration is almost completed
The Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican shows the master at his best