In the city's market-filled Strip District is the Heinz History Center (www.heinzhistorycenter.org), which boasts a major exhibition of Vatican art that will only hit three cities in the US this year.

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In the past few years, the district has hosted spring and holiday "strolls" that draw thousands to the strip.

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