Seminary at the Lateran offered a wing of their convent. The grounds also housed Italian soldiers. Fathers Vincenzo Fagiolo and Pietro Palazzini, vice-rector of the seminary, were recognized by Yad Vashem for their efforts to assist Jews. Seat of the Vicariate of Rome Pope John XXIII returned to the palace some pastoral functions by fixing here the seat of the vicariate and offices of the Diocese of Rome. He removed the collections of the Lateran Museum to the Vatican. Since 1987 the Lateran Palace has housed the Museo Storico Vaticano, which opened in 1991 and illustrates the history of the Papal States. On 27 July 1993, a bomb explosion devastated the facade of the Rome Vicariate at the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. The attack is widely assumed to have been the work of the Italian Mafia, a warning against Pope John Paul II's frequent anti-Mafia statements. Repairs were completed in January 1996. The palace houses the offices of the Vicariate of Rome and the living quarters of the cardinal vicar. Tourists can visit the papal apartments, usually in the morning. In popular culture In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010), the basilica of the palace is presented as a dilapidated structure which holds a scroll of Romulus. See also Index of Vatican City-related articles Bibliography Curzi, Gaetano (2016). "The Two Triclinia of Pope Leo III as "Icons of Power"". IKON. 9: 141–152. . . Lex Bosman, Ian P. Haynes, Paolo Liverani, Lateran Basilica (2016 : British School at Rome). The Basilica of Saint John Lateran to 1600. Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2020. . . Le Pogam, Pierre-Yves (2013-05-02), "Chapitre préliminaire. Le Latran, le Vatican, Viterbe", De la « Cité de Dieu » au « Palais du Pape » : Les résidences pontificales dans la seconde moitié du XIIIe siècle (1254-1304), Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d’Athènes et de Rome, Rome: Publications de l’École française de Rome, pp. 23–94, , , retrieved 2022-02-10 Gigliozzi, Maria Teresa (2011). I palazzi del papa : architettura e ideologia : il Duecento. Roma: Viella. . . Rohault de Fleury, Georges (1877). Le Latran au moyen âge: Tafelband. (in French). Paris: Vve A. Morel. . Rohault de Fleury, Georges (1877). Le Latran au moyen age. (in French). Paris: Vve A. Morel. . Notes References External links Official site palace – map of piazza and plates (engravings) Interactive Nolli Map Website Website of the Italian Senate with the History and