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100 Nativity Scenes exhibit returns to St. Peter's Square to showcase various Christmas crèches
The “100 Nativity Scenes in the Vatican” exhibition will be open from 8 December to 8 January, 2026

(…) The International Exhibition “100 Nativity Scenes in the Vatican” will return for its 8th edition beginning on 8 December. Under the left colonnade of St. Peter’s Square
About 23 countries from across the globe will be showcased in 132 nativity scenes. Some include Croatia, Romania, Peru, Eritrea, and Taiwan. A wide variety of materials such as Japanese paper, silk, resin, wool, coconut and banana fibers, and glass have been used in the nativity scenes.
One has been designed on the front of an ATAC bus; another is made from a tannery drum. The exhibition showcases a number of mechanical nativity scenes and a large traditional Mexican rendition as well. (…)
By Kielce Gussie
Vatican News