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By Victoria Cardiel After a decade of painstaking restoration, the imposing Hall of Constantine in the Vatican’s Apostolic ...
Two dozen Caravaggio paintings from museums and private collectors across the world are on display in Rome's Palazzo ...
The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly ...
On May 24 at 5:30 PM in the Palatine Chapel of the Royal Palace of Caserta, Giuseppe Gibboni and Carlotta Dalia will perform for the final concert of the Specchi di Musica series. 'University and ...
A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold at auction on Sunday outside Paris for €26,360, the auctioneer said.
A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France's complicated past relationship with ...
French forces kidnapped Pope Pius VII in his private apartments in the Quirinal Palace in Rome. He remained a prisoner of Napoleon for five years. The pontiff had sought to maintain the Vatican ...
A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 will be auctioned this weekend, in a reminder of France’s complicated past relationship with the ...
"It was without my orders and against my will that the Pope was taken out of Rome," the French emperor wrote. Issued on: 22/04/2025 - 18:27 Modified: 22/04/2025 - 18:23 ...
"I must say it really is very good of you, Mr President, to lay on this small romantic, candle-lit dinner for two," the King joked at a state banquet held at the Quirinal Palace in Rome.