The Vatican enters the Web3 world with a new NFT project

The Vatican is also coming to Web3 with a new experimental project “Vatican Library Web3 Support Project”, which rewards Italian users with NFTs for sharing or donating. The NFT reward is a “key” to open and consult the special collection of 21 manuscripts belonging to the heritage of the Vatican Apostolic Library.

Vaticano Web3: the project with NFT prizes that give access to the manuscripts of the Vatican Apostolic Library

Yesterday, the new experimental project « Web3 support project of the Vatican Library» was launched, which rewards users with NFTsgiving access to 21 manuscripts belonging to the heritage of the Vatican Apostolic Library.

The project was launched in Italy by NTT DATA Italya leading Japanese multinational in the IT sector, and the Vatican Apostolic Library. This, after the successful launch of the project in Japan, which took place last February.

The main objective is to expand the online community of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana by connecting the cultural institution to its supporters.

To do this, the project therefore involves NFTs which will be the reward for Italian users who support the initiative.

Vaticano Web3: how to obtain NFT rewards and the possibility of accessing the heritage of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

How does the new “Vatican Library Web3 Support Project” work in Italy? Basically Italian users will have until July 16 to share the project on their social networks or to make donations to the Vatican Apostolic Library via the initiative’s website.

In exchange, these users will receive their NFT Price which will serve as key to access “open” and consult the special collection with high-resolution images of a selection of 21 manuscripts belonging to the Library’s heritage.

Specifically, users who support the initiative by sharing on social media will receive a “Silver NFT” and will be able to view high-resolution images of 15 manuscripts on the website.

However, those who wish to support the project with a donation will receive an “NFT Gold” and will thus have access to all the high-resolution images in the selection.

In this regard, Don Mauro MantovaniPrefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, declared that the project designed by NTT DATA fully embraces the mission of the Library: make the unique collections that distinguish it accessible to the public and at the same time promote research and scientific development.

“The library not only recognizes the value of the new communities created by NTT DATA, but is also confident that NTT DATA will undertake future initiatives by creating similar systems with different partners around the world. For this reason, we are happy to participate in this joint project which exploits the technological opportunities characteristic of Web3”

In the future, the project could include the presentation of new digital content formatssuch as the possibility of visiting spaces through immersive XR experiences.

Papa Francesco’s non-fungible token

While today it is the Vatican Apostolic Library which adopts Web3, already in 2021, launch his first NFT artwork collection was that of His Holiness Pope Francis.

In fact, it is the Scholas Occurrentes collection, a limited edition which was made available on the AkoinNFT marketplace.

On this occasion, the profits from the sale of the first limited edition signed by the Pope were dedicated to the Scholas Occurrentes Foundation, the Pope’s global charitable organization.

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