according to a museum spokesperson. The incident was not the first in which someone attacked art in Vatican City and elsewhere in Italy. A Hungarian man in 1972 attacked Michelangelo’s Pieta ...

The American tourist was arrested after going on a rampage inside the Vatican Museums. REUTERS A pair of ... s Basilica and attacked Michelangelo’s Pieta with a sledgehammer.

A man visiting the Vatican museums in Rome on Wednesday flung two ancient Roman busts to the ground, causing moderate damage to the valuable works of art. According to an article in the newspaper ...

While you are inside, don’t miss one of Michelangelo’s most famous sculptures, “Pieta.” Make your way to the Sistine Chapel, the crown jewel of the Vatican Museums. The Sistine Chapel is ...

ROME — Police detained an American tourist at a Vatican museum after he disfigured two ancient Roman sculptures by hurling them to the floor, authorities said Thursday. The man toppled the ...

When you think of the priceless treasures at the Vatican Museum you probably think of the artwork: Michelangelo’s Last Judgment and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; the Pieta in Saint Peter ...