Vatican City

Vatican City, 00120, Vatican City
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The Last Judgment (Q567861)
item type: fresco
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Last Judgment (Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity. The dead rise and descend to their fates, as judged by Christ who is surrounded by prominent saints. Altogether there are over 300 figures, with nearly all the males and angels originally shown as nudes; many were later partly covered up by painted draperies, of which some remain after recent cleaning and restoration.

Secretariat of State (Q644545)
item type: dicastery
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Secretariat of State (in latin Secretaria Status, in Italian Segreteria di Stato) is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia, the central papal governing bureaucracy of the Catholic Church. It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of State and performs all the political and diplomatic functions of the Holy See. The Secretariat is divided into three sections, the Section for General Affairs, the Section for Relations with States, and, since 2017, the Section for Diplomatic Staff.

website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/index_sp.htm

Vatican Apostolic Archive (Q536580)
item type: national archives / church archive
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Vatican Apostolic Archive (Latin: Archivum Apostolicum Vaticanum; Italian: Archivio Apostolico Vaticano), known until October 2019 as the Vatican Secret Archive, is the central repository in the Vatican City of all acts promulgated by the Holy See. The pope, as Sovereign of Vatican City, owns the material held in the archive until his death or resignation, with ownership passing to his successor. The archive also contains state papers, correspondence, account books, and many other documents that the church has accumulated over the centuries. In the 17th century, under the orders of Pope Paul V, the Secret Archive was separated from the Vatican Library, where scholars had some very limited access, and remained closed to outsiders until the late 19th century, when Pope Leo XIII opened the archive to researchers, more than a thousand of whom now examine some of its documents each year.

website: http://archivioapostolicovaticano.va/

Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas (Q579326)
item type: pontifical academy
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PAST; Latin: Pontificia Academia Sancti Thomae Aquinati) was established on 15 October 1879 by Pope Leo XIII who appointed two presidents, his brother and noted Thomist Giuseppe Pecci (1879–1890) and Tommaso Maria Zigliara, professor of theology at the College of Saint Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.

The Gallery of Maps (Q634691)
item type: art museum / architectural structure / geographical museum
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Gallery of Maps (Italian: Galleria delle carte geografiche) is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti.

website: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html

Chair of Saint Peter (Q733893)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Chair of Saint Peter (Latin: Cathedra Petri), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the sovereign enclave of the Pope inside Rome, Italy. The relic is a wooden throne that belongs to the Apostle Saint Peter, the leader of the Early Christians in Rome and first Pope, used as Bishop of Rome. The relic is enclosed in a sculpted gilt bronze casing designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed between 1647 and 1653. In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI described the chair as "a symbol of the special mission of Peter and his Successors to tend Christ’s flock, keeping it united in faith and in charity."

circus of Nero (Q676074)
item type: circus / archaeological site
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Circus of Nero or Circus of Caligula was a circus in ancient Rome, located mostly in the present-day Vatican City.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: 15th-century disestablishments in Italy, Buildings and structures demolished in the 15th century, Former buildings and structures in Italy
Augustus of Prima Porta (Q667124)
item type: statue
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Augustus of Prima Porta (Italian: Augusto di Prima Porta) is a full-length portrait statue of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of the Roman Empire. The marble statue stands 2.08 meters tall and weighs 1,000 kg. The statue was discovered on April 20, 1863 at the Villa of Livia owned by Augustus’ third and final wife, Livia Drusilla in Prima Porta. Livia had retired to the villa after Augustus's death in AD 14. Carved by expert Greek sculptors, the statue is assumed to be a copy of a lost bronze original displayed in Rome. The Augustus of Prima Porta is now displayed in the Braccio Nuovo (New Arm) of the Vatican Museums.

website: http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/braccio-nuovo/Augusto-di-Prima-Porta.html

Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Q938622)
item type: academy of sciences / national academy / pontifical academy
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Italian: Pontificia accademia delle scienze, Latin: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum) is a scientific academy of the Vatican City, established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI, and thriving with the blessing of the Papacy ever since. Its aim is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences and the study of related epistemological problems. The Academy has its origins in the Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei ("Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes"), founded in 1847 as a more closely supervised successor to the Accademia dei Lincei ("Academy of Lynxes") established in Rome in 1603 by the learned Roman Prince, Federico Cesi (1585–1630), who was a young botanist and naturalist, and which claimed Galileo Galilei as its president. The Accademia dei Lincei survives as a wholly separate institution.

website: http://www.pas.va/

Tomb of the Julii (Q7818650)
item type: tomb
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The popularly named "Tomb of the Julii" (Mausoleum "M") survives in the Vatican Necropolis beneath St. Peter's Basilica. The serendipitous discovery near the crypt has a vaulted ceiling bearing a mosaic depicting Helios (Roman Sol Invictus) with an aureole riding in his chariot, within a framing of rinceaux of vine leaves, which are not given their usual pagan Dionysiac reading in this context but are related to the True Vine imagery of Gospel of John 15.1. The mosaic is dated to the late 3rd century to early 4th century. Other mosaics in this tomb depicting Jonah and the whale, the good shepherd carrying a lamb (the kriophoros motif), and fishermen have encouraged its interpretation as a Christian tomb.

Counter-Reformation (Q128168)
item type: schism / social movement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Counter-Reformation (Latin: Contrareformatio), also called the Catholic Reformation (Latin: Reformatio Catholica) or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and largely ended with the conclusion of the European wars of religion in 1648. Initiated to address the effects of the Protestant Reformation, the Counter-Reformation was a comprehensive effort composed of apologetic and polemical documents and ecclesiastical configuration as decreed by the Council of Trent. The last of these included the efforts of Imperial Diets of the Holy Roman Empire, exiling/forcibly converting Protestant populations, heresy trials and the Inquisition, anti-corruption efforts, spiritual movements, and the founding of new religious orders. Such policies had long-lasting effects in European history with exiles of Protestants continuing until the 1781 Patent of Toleration, although smaller expulsions took place in the 19th century.

2013 papal conclave (Q4422669)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 2013 papal conclave was convened to elect a pope to succeed Pope Benedict XVI following his resignation on 28 February 2013. After the 115 participating cardinal-electors gathered, they set 12 March 2013 as the beginning of the conclave. On the fifth ballot, the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He took the pontifical name of Francis.

Apoxyomenos (Q431029)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Apoxyomenos (the "Scraper") is one of the conventional subjects of ancient Greek votive sculpture; it represents an athlete, caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with the small curved instrument that the Romans called a strigil.

2005 papal conclave (Q666536)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 2005 papal conclave was convened to elect a new pope following the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2005. After his death, the cardinals of the Catholic Church who were in Rome met and set a date for the beginning of the conclave to elect his successor. Of the 117 eligible members of the College of Cardinals, those younger than 80 years of age at the time of the death of Pope John Paul II, all but two attended. After several days of private meetings attended by both cardinal electors and non-voting cardinals, the conclave began on 18 April 2005. It ended the following day after four ballots with the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. After accepting his election, he took the pontifical name of Benedict XVI.

Minuscule 151 (Q6869882)
item type: manuscript
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Minuscule 151 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), A17 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century. The manuscript has complex contents. It has marginalia.

Transport in Vatican City (Q21452566)
item type: transport by country or region
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The transportation system in Vatican City, a country 1.05 km (0.65 mi) long and 0.85 km (0.53 mi) wide, is a small transportation system with no airports or highways. There is no public transport in the country. A heliport and a short railway is used for special occasions only. Most visitors will walk from a nearby Italian bus or train stop, or car parking. Given an average walking speed of 3.6 km/h (2.2 mph), Vatican City can be crossed in 20 minutes or less. Thus, much of the infrastructure in the Vatican consists of St. Peter's Square itself, hallways and aisles in the basilica and surrounding buildings, and walkways behind and between the buildings. The Vatican City Heliport is in the western corner of the city-state, and is used only for officials of the Holy See and official visitors.

Grotta di Lourdes (Q13099380)
item type: construction
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Grotta di Lourdes (also Grotta della Madonna di Lourdes) is an artificial cave in the Vatican gardens. It was built in 1902–05 and is a replica of the Lourdes Grotto in France. The context of building this grotto is the vision of the Madonna that a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous, experienced 18 times. Prior to that the Pope had promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854.

1914 papal conclave (Q762715)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1914 papal conclave was held to choose a successor to Pope Pius X, who had died in the Vatican on 20 August 1914.

Sistine Chapel ceiling (Q844675)
item type: cycle of frescos / painted ceiling
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Volta della Cappella Sistina), painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The ceiling is that of the Sistine Chapel, the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV, for whom the chapel is named. It was painted at the commission of Pope Julius II. The chapel is the location for papal conclaves and many other important services.

1740 papal conclave (Q776813)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1740 papal conclave (18 February – 17 August), convoked after the death of Pope Clement XII on 6 February 1740, was one of the longest conclaves since the 13th century.

1846 papal conclave (Q954152)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The death of Pope Gregory XVI on 1 June 1846 triggered the 1846 papal conclave. Fifty of the 62 members of the College of Cardinals assembled in the Quirinal Palace, one of the papal palaces in Rome and the seat of two earlier 19th century conclaves. The conclave began on 14 June and had to elect a pope who would not only be head of the Catholic Church but also the head of state and government of the Papal States, the extensive lands around Rome and Northern Italy which the Catholic Church governed.

1922 papal conclave (Q993705)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1922 papal conclave was held following Pope Benedict XV's death from pneumonia on 22 January 1922 after a reign of eight years. 53 of the 60 cardinals assembled in the Sistine Chapel eleven days later on 2 February to elect his successor. They chose Cardinal Achille Ratti on the fourteenth ballot, held on the fifth day of the conclave. He took the name Pius XI. The new pope immediately revived the traditional public blessing from the balcony, Urbi et Orbi ("to the city and to the world"), which his predecessors had eschewed since the loss of Rome to the Italian state in 1870.

Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City (Q1097263)
item type: postal history / Postage stamps and postal history by jurisdiction
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Vatican post office has operated its own postal service and issued its own postage stamps since 1929.

1939 papal conclave (Q1376234)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Following the death of Pope Pius XI on 10 February 1939, all 62 cardinals of the Catholic Church met in the 1939 papal conclave on 1 March. The next day, on the third ballot, they elected Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, who was Camerlengo and Secretary of State, as pope. He accepted and took the name Pius XII. It was his 63rd birthday.

October 1978 papal conclave (Q1421431)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The October 1978 papal conclave was triggered by the death of Pope John Paul I on 28 September just 33 days after his election on 26 August. The conclave to elect John Paul I's successor began on 14 October and ended two days later on 16 October, after eight ballots. The cardinal electors selected Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła, Archbishop of Kraków, as the new pope. Resulting in the most recent Year of Three Popes, he accepted his election and took the pontifical name of John Paul II.

1823 papal conclave (Q2019678)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1823 papal conclave was convoked following the death of Pope Pius VII on 20 August 1823. The conclave began on 2 September and ended 26 days later with the election of Cardinal Annibale Sermattei della Genga who became Pope Leo XII.

geography of the Vatican City (Q2303997)
item type: geography of geographic location
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The geography of Vatican City is unique due to the country's position as an urban, landlocked enclave of Rome, Italy. With an area of 49 ha (121 acres, or 0.19 sq mi), it is the world's smallest independent state. Outside the Vatican City, thirteen buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo (the pope's summer residence) enjoy extraterritorial rights. (One building, the Paul VI Audience Hall, straddles the border, but its Italian portion has extraterritorial rights.) The country contains no major natural resources, and no known natural hazards other than those that affect Rome in general, such as earthquakes.

1830–31 papal conclave (Q2209841)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1830–31 papal conclave, was held commencing 14 December 1830 after the death of Pope Pius VIII. It did not conclude until the 2 February 1831 election of Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari as Pope Gregory XVI.

1829 papal conclave (Q2448354)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1829 papal conclave to elect a successor to Pope Leo XII after his death on 10 February 1829 began on 24 February 1829.

1774–75 papal conclave (Q2408221)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1774–75 papal conclave (October 5 – February 15), was convoked after the death of Pope Clement XIV and ended with the election of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Braschi, who took the name of Pius VI.

Pope John Paul II assassination attempt (Q2472593)
item type: attack
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II took place on Wednesday, 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. The Pope was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck four times and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court. The Pope later forgave Ağca for the assassination attempt. He was pardoned by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi at the Pope's request and was deported to Turkey in June 2000.

1730 papal conclave (Q2601104)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1730 papal conclave elected Pope Clement XII as the successor to Pope Benedict XIII.

Bramante staircases (Q3057821)
item type: construction
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Bramante Staircase is the name given to two staircases in the Vatican Museums in the Vatican City State: the original stair, built in 1505, and a modern equivalent from 1932.

Bombing of the Vatican (Q2909620)
item type: aerial bombing
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Bombings of Vatican City occurred twice during World War II. The first occasion was on the evening of 5 November 1943, when a plane dropped bombs on the area south-west of Saint Peter's Basilica, causing considerable damage but no casualties. The second bombing, which affected only the outer margin of the city, was at about the same hour on 1 March 1944, and caused the death of one person and the injury of another.

1758 papal conclave (Q2601360)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1758 papal conclave (May 15 – July 6), convoked after the death of Pope Benedict XIV, elected Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico of Venice, who took the name Clement XIII.

1769 papal conclave (Q2735384)
item type: conclave
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The 1769 papal conclave (15 February – 19 May), was convoked after the death of Pope Clement XIII. It elected as his successor Cardinal Lorenzo Ganganelli, who took the name Clement XIV.

Papal tombs in Old St. Peter's Basilica (Q3531183)
item type: sarcophagus
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica were the final resting places of the popes, most of which dated from the fifth to sixteenth centuries. The majority of these tombs were destroyed during the sixteenth through seventeenth century demolition of old St. Peter's Basilica, except for one which was destroyed during the Saracen Sack of the church in 846. The remainder were transferred in part to new St. Peter's Basilica, which stands on the site of the original basilica, and a handful of other churches of Rome.

World Youth Day 1985 (Q3765905)
item type: World Youth Dij
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

World Youth Day 1985 was a meeting on the occasion of the International Youth Year held in Rome on March 30 and 31 1985 and it was the second great international meeting promoted by the Catholic Church and later named World Youth Day. This was considered the birth of these events, which would begin to be called of this way on the next year.

World Youth Day 1984 (Q3769107)
item type: World Youth Dij
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

World Youth Day 1984 was an international meeting promoted by Pope John Paul II at the extraordinary Holy Year of the Redemption. It was the first large youth gathering promoted by the Catholic Church. From that experience came the idea of the World Youth Days which since then have been held, every two or three years, in different countries of the world.

Angels Unawares (Q81644885)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Angels Unawares is a bronze sculpture by Timothy Schmalz installed in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican since September 29, 2019, the 105th World Migrant and Refugee Day.

website: https://angelsunawares.org/

COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City (Q87222526)
item type: outbreak
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The Holy See reported the first case of infection in Vatican City on 7 March 2020. Unlike other jurisdictions that report cases within a given territory or cases of residents or citizens of a territory, the Holy See reports on cases "in Vatican City State and among the employees of the Holy See" regardless of location of testing, treatment, or residence. There were 12 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the Vatican's residents and employees; there were no associated deaths. The 12 cases included 10 employees, 1 new hire, and 1 resident of Vatican City. All those infected tested negative by 6 June 2020. An outbreak among members of the Holy See's Swiss Guard was reported in mid-October, totaling 11 as of October 15.

Apoxyomenos (Q10856712)
item type: sculpture
Summary from Español / Spanish Wikipedia (eswiki)

El Apoxiómeno del Vaticano (en griego antiguo, «el que se raspa») es una estatua de mármol que se encuentra en los museos Vaticanos, en concreto, en el Museo Pío-Clementino. La mayoría de los historiadores de arte sostienen que se trata de una copia del siglo I d. C. de otra estatua de bronce perdida de la antigua Grecia realizada por Lisipo en el siglo IV a. C., pero algunos autores han cuestionado que esta copia sea similar a la estatua realizada por Lisipo.

Grigor Narekatsi monument (Q56023981)
item type: statue / monument
Summary from Русский язык / Russian Wikipedia (ruwiki)

Памятник Святому Григорию Нарекаци (итал. Statua Gregorio di Narek) — скульптурный монумент, установленный в городе-государстве Ватикан и посвящённый святому Григорию Нарекаци, философу и богослову.

Apollo Belvedere (Q619135)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Pythian Apollo or Apollo of the Belvedere) is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity.

L'Osservatore Romano (Q746112)
item type: newspaper
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

L'Osservatore Romano (Italian: [losservaˈtoːre roˈmaːno], 'The Roman Observer') is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Church and the world. It is owned by the Holy See but is not an official publication, a role reserved for the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, which acts as a government gazette. The views expressed in the Osservatore are those of individual authors unless they appear under the specific titles "Nostre Informazioni" or "Santa Sede".

website: http://www.osservatoreromano.va/, http://www.vatican.va/news%5Fservices/or/or%5Fquo/index.html

Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (Q7478146)
item type: Pontifical Commission / unicameral legislature
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City (Italian: Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano, Latin: Pontificia Commissio pro Civitate Vaticana) is the legislative body of Vatican City. It consists of the President of the Pontifical Commission, who is also the President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and six other cardinals appointed by the pope for five-year terms.

website: http://www.vaticanstate.va/

Institute for Works of Religion (Q266456)
item type: financial institution
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Institute for the Works of Religion (Italian: Istituto per le Opere di ReligioneIOR; Latin: Institutum pro Operibus Religionis), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, is a financial institution situated inside Vatican City and run by a Board of Superintendence which reports to a Commission of Cardinals and the Pope. It is not a private bank, as there are no owners or shareholders, but it has been established in the form of a juridical canonical foundation, pursuant to its Statutes. Since 9 July 2014, its President is Jean-Baptiste de Franssu. The IOR is regulated by the Vatican's financial supervisory body AIF (Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria).

website: http://www.ior.va/

Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (Q1562250)
item type: central bank / office of the Roman Curia
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA; Italian: Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica) is the office of the Roman Curia that deals with the "provisions owned by the Holy See in order to provide the funds necessary for the Roman Curia to function". It was established by Pope Paul VI on 15 August 1967 and reorganized on 8 July 2014. APSA acts as the Treasury and central bank of Vatican City and the Holy See.

website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/uffici/apsa/index_it.htm

Porta Cavalleggeri (Q3908699)
item type: city gate
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Porta Cavalleggeri was one of the gates of the Leonine Wall in Rome (Italy).

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII (Q1808677)
item type: grave / sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Tomb of Pope Alexander VII is a sculptural monument designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is located in the south transept of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The piece was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII himself. However, construction of the monument didn't start until 1671 and was completed in 1678, eleven years after the Pope's death. At the age of 81, this would be Bernini's last major sculptural commission before his death in 1680.

Poste Vaticane (Q2066596)
item type: postal service
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Poste Vaticane is an organization responsible for postal service in Vatican City. The organization is part of the Post and Telegraphy Service.

website: http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/it/servizi/poste-vaticane.html, http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/servizi/poste-vaticane.html, http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/fr/servizi/poste-vaticane.html, http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/de/servizi/poste-vaticane.html, http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/es/servizi/poste-vaticane.html

Gregoriano Profano Museum (Q3868391)
item type: archaeological museum
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

Il Museo Gregoriano Profano è uno dei Musei Vaticani ed ospita la raccolta di antichità che un tempo faceva parte del Museo Lateranense, oggi scomparso.

Street address: Viale Vaticano (from Wikidata)

website: http://www.vaticanstate.va/IT/Monumenti/MuseiVaticani/Museo_Gregoriano_Profano.htm, http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-gregoriano-profano.html

The Creation of Adam (Q500242)
item type: fresco
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Creation of Adam (Italian: Creazione di Adamo) is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives life to Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis.

Deliverance of Saint Peter (Q2719737)
item type: fresco
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Liberation of Saint Peter is a fresco painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted in 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the Stanza di Eliodoro, which is named after The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple. The painting shows how Saint Peter was liberated from Herod's prison by an angel, as described in Acts 12. It is technically an overdoor.

Delphic Sibyl (Q3482971)
item type: fresco
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

La Sibilla Delfica venne affrescata da Michelangelo Buonarroti nel 1508-1510 circa e fa parte della decorazione della volta della Cappella Sistina, nei Musei Vaticani a Roma, commissionata da Giulio II.

The Creation of Eve (Q3696835)
item type: fresco
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

La Creazione di Eva è un affresco (170x260 cm) di Michelangelo Buonarroti, databile al 1511 circa e facente parte della decorazione della volta della Cappella Sistina, nei Musei Vaticani a Roma, commissionata da Giulio II.

Prophet Daniel (Q3701849)
item type: fresco
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Prophet Daniel is one of the seven Old Testament prophet's painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1542–1545) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City.

Prophet Joel (Q3765046)
item type: fresco
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Prophet Joel is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1508–1512) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City.

Prophet Jonah (Q3765109)
item type: fresco
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Prophet Jonah is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1542–1545) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City.

Prophet Isaiah (Q3802366)
item type: fresco
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Prophet Isaiah is one of the seven Old Testament prophets painted by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo (c. 1511) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Sistine Chapel is in Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City. Elements of this fresco have inspired various artists, including Caravaggio and Norman Rockwell in his famous Rosie the Riveter illustration.

The Fall and Expulsion from Paradise (Q3898510)
item type: fresco
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

Il Peccato originale e cacciata dal Paradiso terrestre è un affresco (280x570 cm) di Michelangelo Buonarroti, databile al 1510 circa e facente parte della decorazione della volta della Cappella Sistina, nei Musei Vaticani a Roma, commissionata da Giulio II.

Santa Maria in Turri (Q25053827)
item type: church building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Santa Maria in Turri was an ancient church in the city of Rome, demolished in the Renaissance. It adjoined the outside atrium of the ancient Basilica of St. Peter, one of a complex of small churches or oratories that grew up around the site.

Sala del Concistoro (Q7403336)
item type: religious building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Sala del Concistoro (Hall of the Consistory) is a large hall on the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City. The room is in the residential wing of the palace, added by Pope Sixtus V. It was decorated by Pope Clement VIII. Clement's coat of arms feature on the ceiling of the hall.

The Vision of Constantine (Q7772874)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Vision of Constantine is an equestrian sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, located in the Scala Regia by St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Originally commissioned as a free standing work of art within St. Peter's itself, the sculpture was finally unveiled in 1670 as an integral part of the Scala Regia - Bernini's redesigned stairway between St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Palace. Unlike other large works by Bernini, art historians have suggested that this work was almost entirely undertaken by him - no other sculptors have been recorded as receiving payment. Bernini's overall fee was 7,000 Roman scudi.

Saint Longinus (Q7401650)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Saint Longinus is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Completed in 1638, the marble sculpture sits in the north-eastern niche in the crossing of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. It is over four meters high and is placed into one of the four niches in St. Peter's. The statute was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII, a great patron for Bernini.

Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi (Q7420547)
item type: church building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Santo Stefano degli Ungheresi (also San Stefanino and Santo Stefano degli Unni) was the church of the Hungarians in Rome. Located next to the Vatican, the old church was pulled down in 1778, to make room for an extension of St. Peter's Basilica.

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: Buildings and structures demolished in 1778
St Stephen of the Abyssinians (Q1166213)
item type: church building
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St Stephen of the Abyssinians (Italian: Santo Stefano degli Abissini) is an Ethiopian Catholic church located in Vatican City. The church dedicated to Stephen the Protomartyr is the national church of Ethiopia. The liturgy is celebrated according to the Alexandrian rite of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. It is one of the only standing structures in the Vatican to survive the destruction of Old St. Peter's Basilica, and thus it is the oldest surviving church (in terms of architectural history) in Vatican City.

Latinitas Foundation (Q1247925)
item type: organization
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Latinitas Foundation (Latin: Opus Fundatum Latinitas) was an organisation dedicated to furthering the education of Latin and publication of the articles in the language. It was established on 30 June 1976 by Pope Paul VI and was superseded by the Pontifical Academy for Latin (Pontificia Academia Latinitatis) which was established on 10 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.

website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/latinitas/documents/index_en.htm

This item might be defunct. The English Wikipedia article is in these categories: 2012 disestablishments in Europe
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Q1575320)
item type: scientific society
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Latin: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum Socialium, or PASS) was established on 1 January 1994 by Pope John Paul II and is headquartered in the Casina Pio IV in Vatican City. It operates much like other learned societies worldwide, but has the special task of entering into dialogue with the Church. Its scientific activities are organised and focused to promote this dialogue.

website: http://www.pass.va/content/scienzesociali/en.html

Collection of Modern Religious Art, Vatican Museums (Q2034945)
item type: museum
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Collection of Modern Religious Art of the Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani, Collezione Arte Religiosa Moderna) is a collection of paintings, graphic art and sculptures. It occupies 55 rooms: the Borgia Apartment (apartment of Pope Alexander VI) on the first floor of the Apostolic Palace, the two floors of the Salette Borgia, a series of rooms below the Sistine Chapel, and a series of rooms on the ground floor.

website: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html

San Pellegrino in Vaticano (Q3671583)
item type: church building
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Church of San Pellegrino in Vaticano (English: Saint Peregrine in the Vatican) is an ancient Roman Catholic oratory in the Vatican City, located on the Via dei Pellegrini. The church is dedicated to Saint Peregrine of Auxerre, a Roman priest appointed by Pope Sixtus II who had suffered martyrdom in Gaul in the third century. It is one of the oldest churches in the Vatican City.

Street address: Via del Pellegrino, 00120, Città del Vaticano (from Wikidata)

Vatican Film Library (Q3745476)
item type: cinematheque
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Vatican Film Library is a film archive established in 1959 by Pope John XXIII. The collection comprises over 7,000 films including historic films, Church events, commercial films and documentaries.

website: http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/it/altre-istituzioni/filmoteca-vaticana.html

Charity with Four Children (Q5074549)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Charity with Four Children is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Executed between 1627 and 1628, the work is housed in the Vatican Museums in Vatican City. The small terracotta sculpture represents Charity breast-feeding a child, with three other children playing. There is an imprint of Bernini's thumbprint in the clay.

Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes (Q2449872)
item type: conservation
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The conservation-restoration of the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel was one of the most significant conservation-restorations of the 20th century.

Pio Cristiano Museum (Q2318005)
item type: museum
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Pio Cristiano Museum is one of the Vatican Museums. It houses various works of Christian antiquity.

Street address: Viale Vaticano (from Wikidata)

website: https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/it/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-cristiano.html

Vatican Library (Q213678)
item type: national library
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. Formally established in 1475, although it is much older—it is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. It has 75,000 codices from throughout history, as well as 1.1 million printed books, which include some 8,500 incunabula.

Street address: Cortile del Belvedere, V-00120 Città del Vaticano (from Wikidata)

website: https://www.vaticanlibrary.va

Niccoline Chapel (Q249973)
item type: chapel
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Niccoline Chapel (Italian: Cappella Niccolina) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. It is especially notable for its fresco paintings by Fra Angelico (1447–1451) and his assistants, who may have executed much of the actual work. The name is derived from its patron, Pope Nicholas V, who had it built for use as his private chapel.

Pietà (Q235242)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Pietà (Italian: [pjeˈta]; English: "the Pity"; 1498–1499) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was the French ambassador in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the north side after the entrance of the basilica, in the 18th century. It is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed. It is also the only known sculpture created by a prominent name from the Renaissance era to be installed in St. Peter's Basilica that was accepted by the Chapter of St. Peter.

Borgia Apartment (Q498557)
item type: room / art museum
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Borgia Apartments are a suite of rooms in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, adapted for personal use by Pope Alexander VI (Rodrígo de Borgia). In the late 15th century, he commissioned the Italian painter Bernardino di Betto (Pinturicchio) and his studio to decorate them with frescos.

website: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html

Laocoön and His Sons (Q465762)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures ever since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and placed on public display in the Vatican, where it remains. It is very likely the same statue praised in the highest terms by the main Roman writer on art, Pliny the Elder. The figures are near life-size and the group is a little over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in height, showing the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents.

Vatican Grotto (Q1717939)
item type: crypt / archaeological site
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

Le Grotte Vaticane si estendono sotto una parte della navata centrale della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, tre metri sotto l'attuale pavimento, dall'altare maggiore (il cosiddetto altare papale) sino a circa metà della navata; formano una vera e propria chiesa sotterranea che occupa lo spazio tra l'attuale pavimento della basilica e quello dell'antica basilica costantiniana del IV secolo.

Santa Maria della Febbre (Q3673839)
item type: church building / former building or structure
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

La cappella o chiesa di Santa Maria della Febbre era una chiesa di Roma posta in adiacenza all'antica basilica costantiniana di San Pietro e ricavata da un mausoleo imperiale. Con la costruzione della nuova basilica l'edificio inizialmente fu utilizzato come sagrestia e poi demolito.

Filarete Door (Q2104946)
item type: portal / sculpture
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

La porta del Filarete sono i battenti bronzei del portale centrale della basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano. È stata fusa dal fiorentino Filarete su commissione di papa Eugenio IV ed è composta da due battenti.

Santa Rosa necropolis (Q3874163)
item type: archaeological site
Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

Equestrian statue of Charlemagne (Q21141676)
item type: sculpture
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Equestrian statue of Charlemagne (1725), which portrays the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne (742–814), was commissioned by Pope Clement XI (1649–1721) and carved by the Italian artist Agostino Cornacchini (1686–1754). It stands to the left of the portico of St Peter's Basilica.

Secretariat for the Economy (Q15817176)
item type: dicastery / finance ministry
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Secretariat for the Economy (Italian: Segreteria per l'economia) is a dicastery of the Roman Curia with authority over all economic activities of the Holy See and the Vatican City State.

website: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/segreterie/segreteria-economia/index_en.htm, http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/segreterie/segreteria-economia/index_fr.htm