Vatican Secret Archives, which are as vast as they are old. Headed by a cardinal like the Vatican Library, another rumored storehouse of secrets, they partially open today to a few approved scholars who are let in only with specific purposes and with permission of the Pope.
The Vatican Secret Archives are actually not secret at all. Though any document is available to view by anyone but the law restricts all to enter into the archive. Your personal written request would bring you the specified document. The interesting point is that the books that have ages below 75 years are prohibited to access.
The Vatican Secret Archives have been estimated to contain 52 miles (84 km) of shelving, and there are 35,000 volumes in the selective catalogue alone.
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