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The world’s smallest army, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, is still recruited from a group of Swiss towns and villages that have provided the Vatican since then with men who guard the pope ...

I felt that I had the duty to contribute.” The Swiss Guards were created in 1506 by Pope Julius II, when the pope welcomed 150 Swiss mercenaries to protect the Vatican states and the pontiff ...

Two years later, after Constantine’s death, he returned to Alexandria, but he was removed from power again in 339 and fled to Pope Julius I, a supporter, in Rome. He returned in 346, only to be ...

The Swiss Guard was founded by Pope Julius II in 1506. It has expanded from 110 members under Pope Francis in time for the 2025 Holy Year when millions of additional pilgrims are expected to visit ...

Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum, in fact, the Pope really needed someone to paint the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo ...

Its history dates back to Jan. 22, 1506, when 150 Swiss mercenaries, led by Captain Kasper von Silenen from the central Swiss canton of Uri, arrived in Rome at the request of Pope Julius II.

Sextus Julius Frontinus, the first-century commissioner of the aqueducts ... This colossal bridge spanning a deep gorge has ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Maximilian Fischer, 20, is one of the new recruits to an institution that has been protecting popes since the 16th century - the Swiss Guard. Known to tourists in St Peter ...