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The Day Pope John Paul II Was Shot

31/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Plaque marking the spot where Pope John Paul II was shot

Crossing the Threshold

30/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Varcare la Soglia (Crossing the Threshold) by Giuliano Vangi

The River Nile

29/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

River Nile

St Helen and the True Cross

28/7/2019

Private Tours of Rome

St Helena by Andrea Bolgi

Funerary Monument to Pope Urban VIII

27/7/2019

Private Tours of Rome

Funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII by Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII (det.)

Veronica's Veil

26/7/2019

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St Veronica by Francesco Mochi

One of the Shortest Reigning Popes

25/7/2019

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Funerary monument of Pope Leo Xl, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Funerary monument to Pope Leo Xl by Alessandro Algardi

Gallery of Maps

24/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Gallery of Maps

Death of a Dynasty

23/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Monument to the Royal Stuarts by Canova, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Funerary Monument to the Stuarts (det.) by Antonio Canova

The School of Athens by Raphael

22/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Museums, Rome

The School of Athens by Raphael

Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican Library

21/7/2019

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Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican Library by Melozzo da Forli

Funerary Monument of Pope Sixtus IV

20/7/2019

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Funerary monument of Pope Sixtus IV

Where and How a New Pope is Elected

19/7/2019

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Conclave, 2013

The Gregorian Calendar

18/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XIII

The Emperor Who Never Aged

17/7/2019

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Augustus of Prima Porta, Vatican Museums, Rome

Augustus of Prima Porta (det.)

Rome's Two Patron Saints

16/7/2019

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St Peter by Giuseppe de Fabris

St Paul by Adamo Tadolini

Wind-Rose & Sundial

15/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Wind-rose marker

The Thirteen Colossal Statues Which Crown the Facade of St Peter's Basilica

14/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

A statue of Christ the Redeemer crowns the facade of St Peter's Basilica, Rome

St John the Baptist, Christ the Redeemer & St Andrew

The Two Clocks That Once Told Different Times

13/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

St Peter's Basilica

The Two Fountains in St Peter's Square

12/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Fountain by Carlo Maderno

Bernini's Baldacchino

11/7/2019

Private Tours of Rome

Baldacchino by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

The Baldacchino

Death on the Nile

10/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

The Braschi Antinous, Vatican Museums-Rome

The Braschi Antinous (det.)

Borgia Apartment: Frescoes by Pinturicchio

9/7/2019

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Resurrection, fresco by Pinturicchio, Borgia Apartment, Vatican Museums, Rome

The Resurrection

Urbi e Orbi: To the City and to the World

8/7/2019

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Benediction loggia

The Prince of the Apostles!

7/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Inscription to Pope Paul V

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