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Gianni Crea, the Vatican Museums chief "Clavigero" key-keeper, poses for a photo on the "Nicchione" terrace on his way to open the museum's rooms and sections, the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Crea is the âÄœclavigeroâĝ of the Vatican Museums, the chief key-keeper whose job begins each morning at 5 a.m., opening the doors and turning on the lights through 7 kilometers of one of the world's greatest collections of art and antiquities. The Associated Press followed Crea on his rounds the first day the museum reopened to the public, joining him in the underground âÄœbunkerâĝ where the 2,797 keys to the Vatican treasures are kept in wall safes overnight. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)