Pope Benedict XVI on Friday night lights lit the main Vatican ate St. Peter's Square. Christmas tree and nativity scenes were taken from the Italian region of Molise and Basilicata December 6. Nurseries - a traditional Christmas scene, the total area of which this year was 225 square meters, installed near a 24-foot tree. This year, the biblical characters dressed in traditional clothes of southern Italy, while they themselves are decorated nursery items yuzhnoitalyanskoy iconography.
Unlike past years, the illumination will be on the clock, and not just at night. For the first time in the history of the smallest state in Europe will not pay a cent for the installation of Christmas trees all costs, including electricity for illumination, assumed power in the region of Basilicata.
The tradition of Christmas tree set on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in the late last century, during the pontificate of John Paul II. Benedict XVI continued the tradition by which ate delivered to the Vatican from around the world.
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