Go to the Headquarters Website Read short history of the Vatican Observatory!                     Photo credit A.Peletier 2002
The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, outside Rome. Its dependent research center, the Vatican Observatory Research Group (VORG), is hosted by Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Director of The Vatican Observatory :
José G. Funes, S.J.
Specola Vaticana
V-00120 Cittá del Vaticano
Italy


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Vatican Observatory
Research Group

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721,USA

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   Art in Castel Gandolfo
 John Robert Cozens,
     C.Gandolfo on the Lake of Albano
 George Inness,
     Castel Gandolfo (1876)
 John Robert Cozens,
     Lake Albano & Castel Gandolfo
 Richard Wilson,
     Lake Albano & Castel Gandolfo
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