The restoration of the stairs, believed to have been climbed by Jesus when he appeared before Pilate, was the final phase of a 20-year effort to restore the 16th-century sanctuary.
Restoration of the Holy Stairs completed
Dark to light: Buried under scaffolding, Holy Stairs set for resurrection
The popular devotion to the Holy Stairs has been put on hold for an entire year, and the tall placard depicting the staircase is all the public can see as a team of Vatican restorers complete the final phase of a 20-year effort to repair the sanctuary of the Holy Stairs and clean its 18,300 square feet of frescoes.