VATICAN LAUNCHES VIDEO OF PAPAL APARTMENT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The Vatican Museums The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century. are issuing a videotape of one of the Holy See's most private inner sanctums: the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace. The video is part of a new 17-tape series devoted to the museums' holdings, history of the Vatican and restoration of the Sistine Chapel Sistine Chapel (sĭs`tēn) [for Sixtus IV], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican. Built (1473) under Pope Sixtus IV, it is famous for its decorations. frescoes. Michelangelo's frescoes and the Vatican's painting collection are detailed in two CD-ROMs also being issued by the museums. The CD-ROMs are the Vatican's latest foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the computer age. The Holy See this year set up a home page on the World Wide Web. |
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