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Vatican Museums to perform ‘extraordinary maintenance’ on Michelangelo’s Last Judgment

August 14, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: Paolo Violini, the head of the Vatican Museums’ restoration laboratory, said that “extraordinary maintenance” of Michelangelo’s Last Judgment will take place during the first three months of 2026.

Violini, who cited the high number of visitors as the reason for the maintenance, also announced a five-year restoration of the Raphael Loggia of the Apostolic Palace.

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