Michelangelo's Model of St. Peter's Dome and Vatican Architectural Treasures Featured in Exhibit

Michelangelo's Model of St. Peter's Dome and Vatican Architectural Treasures Featured in Exhibit


What: Press preview of Creating St. Peter's: Architectural Treasures of
the Vatican. The exhibit features Michelangelo's original model
of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and other
architectural treasures from the Vatican.

When: Thursday, January 27, 2005
10 a.m.

Where: The Museums at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
3900 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, DC 20017
202-635-5400
Free parking

Who: Cardinal Francesco Marchisano, President of the Permanent
Commission for Care of the Historical and Cultural Monuments of
the Holy See and President, of the Vatican's Fabbrica of St.
Peter's Basilica
Cardinal Adam Maida, President of the Pope John Paul II Cultural
Center
Penelope Fletcher, Deputy Directors & COO, Pope John Paul II
Cultural Center

RSVP 202-635-5440 or 202-635-5464 or reservations@jp2cc.org

More than 140 Vatican treasures are included in this exhibit that highlights the construction of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and the relocation of the Vatican Obelisk to St. Peter's square.

Also available for interviews:
Marcello Mattarocci, Master wood restorer for the Vatican Museums
Dr. Maria Christina Carlo-Stella, Capo Ufficio, Vatican's Fabbrica of St.
Peter's Basilica, chief of staff of the Fabbrica.



The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center brings the secular and sacred wisdom of Christianity, as developed through centuries of ecclesial life and thought and as articulated by the popes during those centuries, to the human searches for meaning, righteousness, justice and peace in the world of the 21st century with its varied religious, ethnic and cultural communities.

Contact: Sandy Peeler
202-635-5440
speeler@jp2cc.org

PRNewswire -- Jan. 25


Source: The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center


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