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August 10, 2014

With no Pope in residence, Vatican opens gardens of papal villa

The Belvedere Garden with its bushes and flowers carefully trimmed into geometric shapes is one of the historic sections of the papal villas in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, that Pope Francis ordered to be open to the public.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - The aisle is paved with stone from an ancient Roman road; the apse is made of carefully trimmed evergreen bushes; the columns are tall, thin cypress trees; and the nave is a lily pond, complete with gold fish.

Published in Vatican