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"Lux in arcana"... the Vatican is Revealed
From March to September, 2012
An unprecedented cultural and media event: 100 original documents, preserved for 400 years in the Popes’ Archive, will leave the confines of the Vatican City walls for the first time in history, and will be admired at the Capitoline Museums in Rome, from February till September 2012, for the exhibition Lux in arcana - The Vatican Secret Archives reveals itself. Conclaves, heresies, popes and emperors. Crusades, excommunications, ciphered letters. Manuscripts, codices, ancient parchments. A unique and once-in-a-lifetime event recounting history through its sources.
Opening hours
Tuesday-Sunday: 9.00 am - 8.00 pm; Last admission 1 hour before closing time
Closed: Monday
1 March - 9 September 2012
Lux in arcana - The Vatican Secret Archive reveals itself
Type: Documentaries
