Vatican Museums unveils ˜iconic statue’ Apollo Belvedere after years of restoration work

[ad_1] The Apollo Belvedere is displayed at the Pio-Clementine Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. / Credit: Julia Cassell/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 16, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA). The Vatican Museums this week unveiled one of its most celebrated acquisitions, the “Apollo Belvedere,” after years of intensive restoration work by Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums (PAVM) on the ancient marble statue.Following the discovery of the statue in Rome in 1489, Pope Julius II requested the Apollo…