On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., at the Lapidary Gallery of the Vatican Museums, the restoration project forthe west wing of the Second Loggia—known as the Raphael Loggia—on the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, overlooking…
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A violent thunderstorm that hit Rome in the past week has caused water infiltration in the Vatican Museums, causing flooding in the Gregorian Profane section, one of the exhibition spaces that holds a significant part of the ancient…
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Works and artists Ancient art Five hundred Michelangelo Michelangelo Buonarroti Renaissance Vatican Museums
The action is quick and painless, the result immediate and comforting under the magnificent vault of the Sistine Chapel. That veil of white that has thickened exclusively over Michelangelo's Last Judgment, dulling the 391 figures painted…
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Between 2023 and 2024, an extensive restoration project restored new splendor to a nucleus of extraordinary ancient works housed in the Vatican Museums, now visible in theAtrium of the Four Gates. Thanks to the support of the Florida…
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It is not often that a painting brings to light the memory of a lost masterpiece. However, this is the case of the Crucifix by Prospero Mallerini (Carcare, 1761 - Rome, 1836), a painter linked to the powerful Barberini family, which has…
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An extraordinary maintenance operation on Michelangelo's Last Judgment will begin in 2026. This operation will be in addition to the ordinary one, carried out annually through the use of a mechanical lift. The need for the extraordinary…
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The long and complex restoration of the pictorial cycle of the Hall of Constantine, the largest of Raphael's famous Stanze, at the Vatican Museums has been concluded. The work, which began in March 2015, began on the east wall, where the…
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The popular Netflix series Emily in Paris is preparing to win over audiences again with its fifth season, filming of which has officially started in Italy, specifically in Rome. In fact, the new installment of the U.S. TV series that…
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