Vatican: A Private Visit to a Secret World
Author: Caroline Pigozzi
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More than an enclave within the city of Rome, the Vatican is a complex city-state that for many still evokes notions of secrecy. The Vatican has always exerted a power of fascination and seduction over us, with its history stretching back almost twenty centuries, its spirituality, its scandals and its enigmas. As a fantasy world, it has inspired cinematic visions, from Federico Fellini’s Roma to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part III to Paolo Sorrentino’s The New Pope. But what is the real Vatican?
With nearly three hundred popes and antipopes, not to mention a fictional female pope, among these figures are a few saints and many sinners. To borrow an ancient image, the Vatican is like Noah’s Ark, containing animals of all kinds, both pure and impure. From the early days of the Roman Catholic Church under the Emperor Constantine, through the disreputable popes who nonetheless cultivated the artistic flowering of the Renaissance, to today’s pontiffs who must navigate media and social and political sensitivities, the Vatican has endured through historical upheavals and religious schisms, acquiring an unprecedented level of prestige and carving out a presence on the diplomatic scene.
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Number of pages: 242 pages.
Number of illustrations: 200 illustrations.
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Language: English
Posted in: November 2022.
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