Fuochi d'artificio in Vaticano: una tradizione di 500 anni per la solennità dei Santi Pietro e Paolo

[ad_1] Source A 1775 painting of the fireworks over Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, painted by Jakob Philipp Hackert. / Credit: Public Domain Rome Newsroom, Jun 29, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). For the past 500 years, the Vatican has celebrated the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul with a bang with a spectacular fireworks show influenced by Michelangelo and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.While many associate fireworks with the Fourth of July, the Vatican had already been celebrating this week with fireworks…