Here's something I found out recently, and I found it quite interesting. There is a replica of the Pieta at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, Queens, NY. According to the Deacon there, it was one of two commissioned by the Pope for the World's Fair in 1964. The original was to be displayed at the Vatican City Pavilion, and the replicas were commissioned in case something happened to it. (I remember seeing the statue at the World's Fair, and standing on a conveyor belt for viewing.) One of the two replicas was destroyed and the other is displayed at the Center.
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