Secret inside the Vatican's closed room

The archives are not public and are only accessible to scholars when they are 75 years old - and they are placed in a part of the Vatican fortress. Precisely because of the confidentiality of these documents, has prompted many strange speculations that the Vatican is hiding extraterrestrial beings inside.

The Vatican Private Archives is a store of Holy See documents.

Bookshelves are kilometers long with 35,000 books and documents dating back to 12 centuries . cultural religious symbols associated with actual historical legends exist in a secret chamber of the Vatican .

or the Vatican Private Archives is a store of Holy See documents. These documents may include pope's documents, texts, correspondence and the Roman Catholic Church accumulated over the centuries.

In the 17th century, at the order of Pope Paul V, the Vatican Secret Archives were separated from the Vatican Library to limit researchers from accessing the materials in this warehouse, which were completely closed to the party. apart until 1881 when Pope Leo XIII, allowed to reopen to serve research.

This is the world's largest Archives of the Middle Ages.(Illustration).

The Vatican Secret Archives are estimated to contain about 52 miles (84km) of bookshelf length, about 35,000 topics. Because of its "confidential" nature, there is no common classification filter, researchers must provide the exact name of the document they want to see and must be consulted by the Search Department, not allowed to copy and record part or all documents in stock.

Some of the documents in the Warehouse include: "Documents and moves of the Holy See during World War II", "Relations between Catholicism and Judaism", "Documents of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith" , "Vatican Movie Library", "Pope's secrets".

The word "Secretum" in the archival name does not necessarily mean a secret as a modern use but rather closer to the word "private", indicating that the archives are the pope's personal property, not belonging to any which grandfather in Rome or the Holy See? According to German historian Arnold Esch, 'this is the world's largest Archives of the Middle Ages. Above all, it is a Archives of valuable materials and global importance. '

In fact, the Vatican's Secret Archives are not really secret.(Illustration).

Although scholars have made great efforts, much of the Vatican Secret Bureau is still unexplored, mainly a large number of materials originating from the time of the Holy Nunciature and from World War I II.

In fact, however, the Vatican's Secret Archives are not really secret. The word "secret" comes from a misunderstanding of Latin "secretum" or privacy. The archives - and still designed to decorate the official documents of the Holy See along with letters and other information related to the Pope.

They also contain some of the Catholic Church's most impressive treasures - documents since the eighth century. These fascinating documents not only tell the story of the Church, but also the world.

In 2012, the Vatican Secret Service exhibited some of its most important documents.

One outstanding item is the letter from Mary Queen of Scots, who was convicted after being forced to leave her throne and imprisoned for nearly 20 years. She was sentenced to death for plotting to murder Queen Elizabeth I, her Protestant brother. Faced with beheading, she wrote a desperate letter to Pope Sixtus V, pleading for her life. The Pope did not intervene, and she was beheaded on February 8, 1587.

In recent years the Vatican has become more open to its secrets. In 2010, in response to public interest in Cryptographic Archives and myths from the best-selling book by Dan Brown, Angels and Demons, the Vatican allowed journalists to visit. first. And in 2012, the Vatican Secret Service exhibited some of its most important documents to celebrate its 400th birthday.

But this openness is not all, there are still many secret documents inside the secret chamber in the Vatican that have not been revealed.