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   EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS: 26 SEPTEMBER   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 10 SEP 2010 (VIS) - The Holy See will once again participate in   
   the celebration of European Heritage Days, an initiative of the Council of   
   Europe in which more than 50 countries on the continent take part. The   
   celebrations this year will take place on Sunday 26 September and have as their   
   theme: "European Heritage for Inter-cultural Dialogue".   
      
   A communique made public today explains that the Pontifical Commission for the   
   Cultural Patrimony of the Church, the Vatican Museums and the Pontifical   
   Commission of Sacred Archaeology are all collaborating in the event.   
      
   On 26 September visitors will be able to enter the Vatican Museums free of   
   charge. Entrance to all catacombs in Rome that are normally open to the public   
   (San Callisto, Domitilla, Priscilla, St. Agnes and St. Sebastian) will also be   
   free.   
      
   Also on 26 September a photographic exhibition will be inaugurated at the San   
   Callisto Catacombs on the Old Appian Way. The exhibition - entitled "The   
   origins of the catacombs of San Callisto: art and history" - will remain open   
   until 27 October.   
   .../VIS 20100910 (190)   
      
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