will be going on display next April-June (in Turin)
......free, but reservations required. I just heard it on NPR...announcement from the Vatican
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Rick Steves' Europe
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The official web site does not yet look ready to accept reservations: http://www.sindone.org/diocesitorino/s2magazine/index1.jsp?idPagina=23930.
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Posted by
Home_Sweet_Home :-)
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Thanks, doric8.
Posted by
Happy Valley, PA
672 posts
Darn! I visited the Turin Cathedral this past May. Bad timing!
Posted by
Paris
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Ooooh, exciting!! Looks like it's time to plan a visit to the in-laws'!! Thanks for the tip.
The self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci is currently on display in Turin, in the Bibliotheque Royale (oops, I guess I should have put that in Italian rather than in French). I think until January 15.