Gianluca Impeciali e Marco Innocenzi nel laboratorio degli arazzi in Vaticano il 2016 ottobre. Da 17 e 12 anni, questi tappezzatori hanno rimosso e sostituito gli arazzi e le applique degli appartamenti personali e degli uffici amministrativi del Papa. Nel loro laboratorio, lontano dall'agitazione della Basilica e della Cappella Sixtina, sono più felici e liberi di svolgere con amore i compiti assegnati. All'interno degli armadi dell'officina, conservano sontuose andane di Damasco rosso. "In passato, lo stemma papale era intessuto direttamente in tali tessuti. Non vedrete nulla di simile da nessuna parte els

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Gianluca Impeciali and Marco Innocenzi in the tapestries workshop at the Vatican on October 2016. For 17 and 12 years, these upholsterers have removed and replaced the tapestries and wall hangings of the Pope's personal apartments and administrative quarters. In their workshop, far from the agitation of the Basilica and the Sixtine Chapel, they are happiest and free to lovingly carry out the tasks assigned. Within workshop cupboards, they preserve lavish swathes of red damask. 'In the past, the Papal coat of arms was woven directly into such fabrics. You won't see anything like it anywhere else. Paul VI had them replaced by a very plain gray velvet. John-Paul II, however, prefered beige tones…' Says Imperiali. In this department, there is always work to do: just imagine, in the Vatican alone, there are over 40, 000 armchairs to keep in good repair. The Vatican is the planet's smallest State. Within this tiny political entity, the world's largest and most influential Church's executive powers affect the lives of at least one billion Catholics throughout the world. In fact, the Vatican is the only State in the world subservient to a religion. The pontifical palace, Swiss Guards, in-house newspaper, railroad station and hundreds of employees, executives, manual laborers and craftsmen, are all part of life in the Vatican, to which we have been invited for a special visit. Some 2, 000 employees cross over the Santa Anna gate each morning at around 7 am, the gateway guarded both by the Swiss Guards and the vigilenzia (Vatican police force). Not all of them work at the Vatican by vocation, but many admit that a deep personal connection to the Pope has motivated their choice of work. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM