Paul VI Audience Hall

The Paul VI Audience Hall from the roof ofSt. Peter's Basilica, middle lower left
Paul VI Audience Hall class=notpageimage| Location on a map of Vatican City
Construction
Opened	1971
Architect	Pier Luigi Nervi

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ThePaul VI Audience Hall (Italian:Aula Paolo VI), also known as theHall of the Pontifical Audiences, is an audience hall in which the Pope has held various audiences and conferences. It is located behind thePalace of the Holy Office, east of theDomus Sanctae Marthae.

The hall has aseating capacity of 6,300, designed inreinforced concrete by the Italian architectPier Luigi Nervi and completed in 1971.^[1] It was constructed on land donated by theKnights of Columbus and is named forPope St. Paul VI.^[2] It lies partially in theVatican City but mostly inRome; the Italian part of the building is treated as anextraterritorial area of theHoly See, and is used by thepope as an alternative toSt. Peter's Square when conducting his Wednesday morningGeneral Audience. It is dominated by an 800-quintal (80-tonne)bronze/copper-alloysculpture byPericle Fazzini entitledLa Resurrezione (The Resurrection).^[3][4][5] The New Synod Hall (Aula Nuova del Sinodo) is located on the first floor above the vestibule of the Paul VI Audience Hall.^[6][7]

On 25 May 2007, it was revealed that the roof of the building was to be covered with 2,400photovoltaic panels, generating sufficient electricity to supply all the heating, cooling, and lighting needs of the building throughout the year.^[8][9] The system was donated bySolarWorld, a German manufacturer, and valued at$1.5 million. It was officially placed into service on 26 November 2008, and was awarded the 2008European Solar Prize in the category for "Solar architecture and urban development".^[10][11]

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• Bühren, Ralf van (2008).Kunst und Kirche im 20. Jahrhundert: die Rezeption des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils (in German). Ferdinand Schöningh. pp. 314–317.ISBN 978-3-506-76388-4.OCLC 608580222.
• Cossa, Conny (2010).Moderne im Schatten: die Audienzhalle Pier Luigi Nervis im Vatikan (in German). Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner.ISBN 978-3-7954-2344-5.OCLC 758755347.
• Cossa, Conny (2010).Modernismo all'ombra la sala delle udienze pontificie di Pier Luigi Nervi (in Italian). Rome: Libreria editrice vaticana.ISBN 978-88-209-8446-5.OCLC 800610067.

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