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The archives is also home to the only incunabula, or books printed before 1500, in the country. [ 1 ] Aside from having one of the largest collection of 15th-, 16th-, 17th-, and 18th-century European manuscripts in Asia, the archives also boasts of possessing the biggest collection of extant ancient baybayin scripts in the world.
The American Historical Collection (AHC), established in 1950, is an archive of American involvement in the Philippines. The AHC is one of the largest, most diverse and most complete collection of materials of this kind in the world boasting some 13,518 books, 18,674 photographs, and other various materials.
A souvenir shop on the roof of St. Peter's Basilica An ATM in Vatican City with Latin instructions. The economy of Vatican City is mainly supported financially by the sale of stamps, coins, medals, and tourist mementos as well as fees for admission to museums and publication sales. Vatican City employed 4,822 people in 2016. [1]
This is a list of archives in Vatican City. Archives in Vatican City. Vatican Secret Archives; Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
The use of the word secret in the former title, "Vatican Secret Archive", does not denote the modern meaning of confidentiality. A fuller and perhaps better translation of the archive's former Latin name may be the "private Vatican Apostolic archive", indicating that its holdings are the pope's personal property, not those of any particular department of the Roman Curia or the Holy See.
This article contains a list of national archives. In some countries, national libraries serve the same purpose as national archives - or have archival departments. Among their more important tasks is ensuring the accessibility and preservation of the information produced by governments, both analogically and digitally, for the government ...
The National Archives of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Sinupan ng Pilipinas and abbreviated NAP) is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines mandated to collect, store, preserve and make available archival records of the Government and other primary sources pertaining to the history of the country.
In 2023, the Vatican Museums were visited by 6.8 million people. [8] They ranked second in the list of most-visited art museums in the world after the Louvre, and third on the list of most-visited museums. [9] There are 24 galleries, or rooms, in total, with the Sistine Chapel, notably, being the last room visited within the Museum. [10]