Vatican exhibition traces a century of popemobiles
Culture · First reported 30 Oct, 17:36 · Updated 17:38
An exhibition at the Vatican Museums features eight Mercedes-Benz vehicles used by popes since 1930, showing how the cars changed to make popes more visible while keeping them protected. It is scheduled to run until January.
- The Vatican exhibition features eight Mercedes-Benz vehicles used by popes since 1930; it opened this week and is scheduled to run until January.
- The oldest vehicle shown is a 1930 Nürburg 460 limousine gifted to Pope Pius XI. Later examples include cars with removable windows, a folding roof and a transparent dome.
- Pope Leo XIV described the popemobile as having developed from transportation into a way to meet the faithful. The exhibition also includes the first electric popemobile, presented to Pope Francis in 2024.
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- Exhibition
- “A Century of the Popemobile”
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- Eight Mercedes-Benz vehicles used by popes since 1930
- Location
- A glass pavilion in the Vatican Museums’ Giardino Quadrato
- Run
- Until January
- Oldest vehicle shown
- A black Nürburg 460 limousine gifted to Pope Pius XI in 1930
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