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Learning a trade in the Vatican
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Learning a trade in the Vatican

Inside the Vatican’s Best-Kept Secret: The Craftsmen Keeping St. Peter’s Basilica Alive

Join hosts Maggie and Bob as they step behind the scenes of the Vatican to uncover the fascinating story of the Fabbrica di San Pietro. From five centuries of extraordinary craftsmanship to the unique School of Arts and Crafts training a new generation of stonemasons, mosaicists, carpenters and blacksmiths, this episode explores the people whose skilled hands quietly preserve one of the world’s greatest architectural masterpieces—one stone, one mosaic, and one tradition at a time.

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