Popes of the weekThe horses on Via del Corso and the multilingual printing houseFrom Paul II, who commissioned the construction of Palazzo Venezia, to Nicholas II, who excluded secular authority from the appointment of the Pope, right up to Urban VIII, who only abandoned geocentrism following the condemnation of GalileobyAmbrogio Piazzoni24 JUL 26
Popes of the week"The Vatican Walls and Prisoners in the Vatican. From Leo IV to Leo XIII, amongst kings and emperors"Leo IV, led on horseback by the emperor, and Leo XIII, the pope during the break with the Kingdom of Italy. Two popes remembered for their innovations, who lived through very different historical periodsbyAmbrogio Piazzoni17 JUL 26