Culture of the Vatican

The State of the Vatican City is the remainder of the Papal States. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic church. For this reason, the Vatican has a very important cultural influence, which passes by several channels.

Radio Vatican

Radio Vatican is a radio station which emits on 5 channels in 40 languages. It was created the shortly after the Accords of Lateran of 1929, on request of the Pape Pie XI with Guglielmo Marconi. The radio is inaugurated in February 1931. After having known one hour of glory during the Second world war (in particular by diffusing messages with the soldiers or the missing reported civilians), she knows a constant development (in terms of many languages and time of emission) until the current hour.

Its programs are mainly monk: the radio retransmet for example the celebrations and pontifical prayers (like the Angelus), the blessings Urbi and orbi , the audiences general, etc It also diffuses scientific emissions around the pontifical Académie of sciences.

detailed Article: Radio Vatican.

The Osservatore Romano

The Osservatore Romano is the newspaper of the Vatican. It is published every week in seven languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese), and is distributed in more than 129 countries. Its first publication goes back to July 1st 1861, shortly after the proclamation of the kingdom of Italy. Its goal was at the same time “moral and political”: it was to reveal the truth on calumnies of which, according to the writers, were victims the Pape and the Catholic church.

Nowadays, GOLD diffuses mainly the news of the Vatican: nominations of bishop S or cardinal, movements inside the Roman Curia, activities of different the dicastères, etc It also publish the prayers and homélies Pape or of his close relations.

detailed Article: Osservatore Romano

Monuments

The majority of the buildings of the City of the the Vatican are themselves of works of Article In the forefront of those appear the Basilique Saint-Pierre and his famous place in circular colonnade, but the palate of the popes as well as the gardens are also worthy of interest.

The Vatican as a whole is classified with the World heritage of humanity (UNESCO) since 1984.

Museums

Especially, the the Vatican account a great number of museums. It probably has the greatest concentration of works of art in the world. In the whole known as of the “Museums of the Vatican”, one can distinguish:

  • Egyptian Museum

  • Museum concise Chiaramonti
  • Gallery
  • Museum Etruscan Pio-Clementino
  • Museum
  • Gallery of the geographical maps
  • Rooms of Raphaël and loggia
    • Chambre of Constantin
    • Chambre of Héliodore
    • Chambre of the Signature
    • Chambre of the Fire of Borgo
  • Chapelle Sixtine
  • Appartement Borgia
  • Bibliothèque vaticane
  • Gregorian Musée profanes
  • Pinacothèque
  • Collection of religious art modern
  • Musée of fit with body
  • missionary-ethnological Musée

Universities and faculties

The Vatican controls finally several universities and faculties pontifical, charged to teach mainly the Théologie, the canonical Droit or the pastoral . They train the future ecclesiastics, but also laic students.

  • pontifical Athenæum of the Holy-Cross

  • pontifical Athenæum Regina Apostolorum
  • pontifical theological Faculty of saint Bonaventure
  • pontifical University Gregorian, known as “Gregoriana”
  • pontifical University of Lateran

External bonds

  • Museums of the Vatican

  • Radio Vatican
  • Osservatore Romano

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