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Vatican City: It's Easier Than Ever to Get Banned from the Vatican

JetSetCD — 2010-09-13T10:34:48-05:00

In addition to the recent news that tourists and their sweatiness and general humanity are ruining Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, comes the report from Italian news agency ANSA tourists have also flouted the dress code rules of Vatican City so much that the seat of the Catholic Church has had to crack down on it over this summer.

The enforcement began around July, when Swiss Guards commenced stopping individual tourists as they attempted to enter St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro). Says ANSA of what then transpired:

Rome: Could the Sistine Chapel Close to Tourists?

Jennifer Kester — 2010-09-07T09:01:33-05:00

Looks like having 4 million tourists clogging the halls of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel each year is taking its toll. During a regular dusting of the frescoes this summer, crews found alarming signs of wear. Apparently the smog, dust and humidity that all those sweaty people generate is harming Michelangelo's famous work.

Antonio Paolucci, the director of Rome's Vatican Museums, told Voice of America that the continuous hordes of tourists are putting a lot of pressure on the Sistine Chapel and that greater efforts must be made to ensure that maintenance inspections are carried out.

Rome: Get Conspiratorial With Angels and Demons In Rome

Omri — 2009-03-30T09:11:30-05:00

The Eternal City has a love/hate relationship with Dan Brown productions, especially in their cinematic incarnations. On one hand the Vatican is pretty pissed about how Angels and Demons, the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, is filled with feverish conspiratorial idiocy. They actually went so far as to ban the filmmakers from using the Church's Rome locations, complicating the producers' endeavor to "set the film in Rome."

On the other hand: tourist dollars!

Rome: The Da Kidman Code

egw — 2008-12-05T09:15:25-05:00

Hey, as long as we're in town... Nicole Kidman has been here, there and everywhere promoting her new movie "Australia," the Baz Luhrmann paean to her home country of Down Under. When in Rome, she took an afternoon off to check out the Vatican Museums with husband Keith Urban, though we assume daughter Sunday stayed home.

The Vatican Museums incorporate Egyptian, Etruscan and Assyrian artifacts along with sacred objects and pieces from early Christian churches. Their site badly needs to be updated, but our interest is piqued -- and not just because it's where the stars go.

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· Nicole Kidman Heads To Kosovo [Jaunted]
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