Carriage Pavilion
Museum · Vatican City, Vatican City
Carriages, cars and sedan chairs on the Vatican Museums itinerary, covered by the Museums ticket. Besides the Grand Gala Berlin, the Museums list the Berlin of Cardinal Luciano Luigi Bonaparte, a gala Berlin with throne, the travelling carriage of Ferdinand II, a landau, the sedan chairs of Leo XIII and John XXIII, a Graham Paige Type 837, a Citroen Lictoria C6, a Mercedes-Benz 460 Nurburg limousine, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL limousine, a Fiat 1107 Nuova Campagnola, papamobiles, a Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle, a Renault 4 and the steering wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 MT 867/B.
History
Paul VI inaugurated the pavilion on 19 April 1973. Its core is the Grand Gala Berlin, built in Rome in 1826.
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