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Ten years after its first presentation at Mucem in Marseille (April 29 – August 31, 2015) and following an international tour, Shared Holy Places arrives at Villa Medici in a new form, with exceptional loans from the Vatican Museums, the Louvre, Mucem – Museum of the Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean, MAXXI, and the Museo Ebraico di Roma. The exhibition invites visitors on a journey through cities, seas, gardens, caves, and mountains—landscapes conducive to the sharing of the sacred. It traces intertwined histories and shared heritages, charting a spiritual geography where traditions, dialogue, and artistic creation converge. Shared Holy Places is designed and co-produced by the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, Mucem, and the French Embassy to the Holy See – Pious Establishments of France in Rome and Loreto, based on an original exhibition by Mucem. The exhibition is curated by Raphaël Bories, Dionigi Albera and Manoël Pénicaud.

Image courtesy of the artist. Photography by Daniele Molajoli.