Where Does the Pope Live? Residences of the Bishops of Rome Through the Centuries

On May 11, the Holy Father XIV symbolically opened the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, closed after the death of Francis. But this is not the only residence of the Holy Father. The places where the Bishops of Rome have lived have changed over the centuries along with the history of the Church and Europe. The Apostolic Palace The most famous papal residence is the building also known as the Holy Palace or the Palace of Sixtus V, The arti…