Covid-19: Vatican Museums crowds spark criticism
16 Feb, 2021
Tour guides and visitors complain of over-crowding at the Vatican Museums.
The Vatican Museums, which reopened on 1 February after three months of closure due to covid-19 restrictions, face criticism due to alleged over-crowded conditions on Saturday 13 February.
The complaints, reported by Italian newspaper
La Repubblica, come from tour guides and visitors to the Vatican Museums, who documented their hellish experience with photographs and reviews condemning the alleged disorganisation that led to the build-up of crowds.
The situation in the morning of 13 February was manageable, wrote guide Vincenzo Spina on social media, however by the afternoon there were scenes of chaos and carnage in several areas of the museums, particularly in the Raphael Rooms.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Some visitors likened the art galleries to 'a circle of hell' and condemned the 'unacceptable organizational error' by museum curators.
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