Paul VI Audience Hall
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| Opened | 1971 |
| Architect | Pier Luigi Nervi |
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The Paul VI Audience Hall (Italian: Aula Paolo VI), also known as the Hall of the Pontifical Audiences, is an audience hall in which the Pope has held various audiences and conferences. It is located behind the Palace of the Holy Office, east of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
Description
[edit]The hall has a seating capacity of 6,300, designed in reinforced concrete by the Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi and completed in 1971.[1] It was constructed on land donated by the Knights of Columbus and is named for Pope St. Paul VI.[2] It lies partially in the Vatican City but mostly in Rome; the Italian part of the building is treated as an extraterritorial area of the Holy See, and is used by the pope as an alternative to St. Peter's Square when conducting his Wednesday morning General Audience. It is dominated by an 800-quintal (80-tonne) bronze/copper-alloysculpture by Pericle Fazzini entitled La Resurrezione (The Resurrection).[3][4][5] The New Synod Hall (Aula Nuova del Sinodo) is located on the first floor above the vestibule of the Paul VI Audience Hall.[6][7]
On 25 May 2007, it was revealed that the roof of the building was to be covered with 2,400 photovoltaic panels, generating sufficient electricity to supply all the heating, cooling, and lighting needs of the building throughout the year.[8][9] The system was donated by SolarWorld, a German manufacturer, and valued at $1.5 million. It was officially placed into service on 26 November 2008, and was awarded the 2008 European Solar Prize in the category for "Solar architecture and urban development".[10][11]
See also
[edit]- Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog, a town of two parts consisting of multiple complex exclaves of Belgium located within the territory of the Netherlands. Numerous buildings within Baarle are bisected by an international border.
- Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a library located half in Derby Line, Vermont, United States, and half in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada.
- Hotel Arbez in the village of La Cure, divided between Switzerland and France, like the village itself, as are at least two residences and a pub.
- Line house, a building that straddles an international boundary.
References
[edit]- ^ Papal Audience Hall at Structurae. Accessed 12 June 2007.
- ^ Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982. Harper and Row. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.
- ^ Associated Press. "Fazzini Dies; Sculptor, 74". Schenectady Gazette, 4 December 1987. Accessed 29 April 2014.
- ^ "For us every statue is a prayer Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine". L'Osservatore Romano. 19 September 2012. Accessed 29 April 2014.
- ^ Gambardella, Carmine & al. (2018) "La Resurrezione by Pericle Fazzini in the Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican: The restoration of contemporary art by sacred multi-disciplinary dimensions". Accessed 29 April 2014. Archived 16 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bühren 2008 (Kunst und Kirche im 20. Jahrhundert), p. 315–316, Bühren 2008 (Paul VI und die Kunst), p. 279.
- ^ Dulle, Colleen (3 May 2025). "The conclave is a referendum on synodality". America Magazine. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ United Press. "Vatican installs solar panels Archived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine". 31 May 2007. Accessed 12 June 2007.
- ^ Catholic News Service. "Going green: Vatican expands mission to saving planet, not just souls Archived 2007-06-12 at the Library of Congress Web Archives". 25 May 2007. Accessed 12 June 2007.
- ^ EuroSolar. "European Solar Prizes 2008". 2008. Accessed 22 December 2009.
- ^ Catholic News Service. "Vatican wins award for creating rooftop solar-power generator". 26 November 2008. Accessed 4 December 2008.
Further reading
[edit]- Bühren, Ralf van (2008). Kunst und Kirche im 20. Jahrhundert: die Rezeption des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils (in German). Ferdinand Schöningh. pp. 314–317. ISBN 978-3-506-76388-4. OCLC 608580222.
- Cossa, Conny (2010). Moderne im Schatten: die Audienzhalle Pier Luigi Nervis im Vatikan (in German). Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner. ISBN 978-3-7954-2344-5. OCLC 758755347.
- Cossa, Conny (2010). Modernismo all'ombra la sala delle udienze pontificie di Pier Luigi Nervi (in Italian). Rome: Libreria editrice vaticana. ISBN 978-88-209-8446-5. OCLC 800610067.
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