Popemobile
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The popemobile is a specially-designed motor vehicle used by the pope for public appearances. It is the successor to the sedia gestatoria and is designed to make the pope more visible when greeting la
Pope Francis in a Jeep J8 in Washington, D.C. during his September 2015 visit
Papal carriage, Vatican Historical Museum
The Star 660, John Paul II's first designated automobile
The Fiat Campagnola in which John Paul II was the subject of an assassination attempt in May 1981
Sedia gestatoria
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The sedia gestatoria or gestatorial chair is a ceremonial throne on which popes were carried on shoulders of Sediari pontifici until 1978, which was later replaced outdoors in part with the popemobile
Popemobile
…papacinetum or papocinetum; Italian: papamobile) is a specially-designed motor vehicle used by the pope for public appearances. It is the successor to the sedia gestatoria (portable throne) and is designed to make the pope more visible when greeting large crowds. There have been many different designs for the pope's method…
Pope Pius XII carried on a sedia gestatoria during the 10th anniversary of his papal coronation in 1949.
The sedia gestatoria of Pope Pius VII, shown in an exhibition at the Palace of Versailles
Drawing of the Chair of Saint Peter, used as a sedia gestatoria and dating from the 6th century