Paul VI Audience Hall

The Paul VI Audience Hall, from the dome of St. Peter's, showing the photovoltaic panel roof

Paul VI Audience Hall

Location on a map of Vatican City

A model of La Resurrezione in the Vatican Museum.

The Paul VI Audience Hall (Italian: Aula Paolo VI) is a building in Rome named for Pope Paul VI with a seating capacity of 6,300, designed in reinforced concrete by the Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi and completed in 1971.^[1] It lies partially in the Vatican City but mostly in Italy: the Italian part of the building is treated as an extraterritorial area of the Holy See and is used by the Pope as an alternative to Saint Peter's Square when conducting his Wednesday morning General Audience.^[2] It is dominated by an 800-quintal (8 metric ton) bronze/copper-alloy^[3] sculpture by Pericle Fazzini entitled La Resurrezione (Italian for "The Resurrection").^[4][5] A smaller meeting hall, known as Synod Hall (Italian: Aula del Sinodo), is located in the building as well. This hall sits at the east end on a second floor.

On 25 May 2007, it was revealed that the roof of the building was to be covered with 2,400 photovoltaic panels, generating sufficient electricity to supply all the heating, cooling and lighting needs of the building throughout the year.^[6][7] The system was donated by SolarWorld, a German manufacturer, and valued at $1.5 million. It was officially placed into service on 26 November 2008, and was awarded the 2008 European Solar Prize^[8] in the category for "Solar architecture and urban development".^[9]

See also

• Pope Paul VI
• Index of Vatican City-related articles
• Individual and political action on climate change

References

Further reading

• Bühren, Ralf van. Kunst und Kirche im 20. Jahrhundert. Die Rezeption des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils, pp. 314–317 and fig. 58–59. Ferdinand Schöningh (Paderborn), 2008. ISBN 978-3-506-76388-4. (German)
• Cossa, Conny. Moderne im Schatten. Die Audienzhalle Pier Luigi Nervis im Vatikan. Schnell & Steiner (Regensburg), 2010. ISBN 978-3-7954-2344-5 (German)
• Cossa, Conny. Modernismo all'ombra—La Sala delle udienze pontificie di Pier Luigi Nervi. Libreria Editrice Vaticana (Rome), 2010. ISBN 978-88-209-8446-5. Template:It-icon

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