Restored Apollo Belvedere returns to Vatican Museum
Vatican city shows the marble statue of "Apollo Belvedere" at the Vatican Museum on its return at his original place following its restoration, at the Vatican, The statue, discovered in Rome in 1489 on the Viminal Hill, was brought to the Vatican between 1508 and 1509 at the behest of Pope Julius II, who was setting up the Courtyard of Statues in Belvedere with a composite iconographic program focused on the mythical origins of ancient Rome. An extraordinary discovery in the 1950s allowed the recovery among the ruins of the imperial palace of Baia, north of Naples, which enabled the creation of faithful marble copies among these plaster fragments was recognized the missing left hand of the Apollo Belvedere. Vatican, on October 15, 2024. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM
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