80° Anniversary of Specola Vaticana in Castel Gandolfo – Internal Symposium 14 -18 September 2015

On September 29, 1935, Pope Pius XI officially inaugurated the new headquarters of the Specola Vaticana in the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo. With new telescopes, a new spectra laboratory, and a young staff of Jesuit scientists, this inauguration marked the beginning of an intense period of scientific achievements at the Vatican Observatory. Now, eighty years later, the members of the current Vatican Observatory are joining with our adjunct scholars to celebrate this anniversary with an internal symposium that explores the scientific and cultural work being undertaken at the Observatory today.

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