VATICAN MUSEUMS
INTRODUCTION
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Every day millions of people wait in line along the Vatican's walls to visit this collection of art, history, and archaeology that has few equals in the world, and is framed by Renaissance palaces...
PALACES
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And now a bit of history. First of all, you should know that the popes didn't always live in the Vatican: for many centuries their residence was the palace next to the Archbasilica of St. John...
ARCHAEOLOGY
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If you're passionate about classic sculpture, I highly recommend visiting the Pio-Clementino Museum. Here you'll see some of the most famous classical statues: in addition to having their own artistic...
FRESCOED ROOMS
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Your itinerary through the Vatican Museums starts from the Chariot Room, where you can admire a real, reassembled Roman chariot. Afterwards you'll pass through some rooms with wonderful antique...
ART GALLERY - GIOTTO AND LEONARDO
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The Pinacoteca Vaticana, or Vatican Art Gallery, was created in 1932 and is in a building that was specially commissioned by Pope Pius XI. As you walk to it, and especially when the weather is nice,...
ART GALLERY - RAPHAEL AND CARAVAGGIO
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The central hall of the Art Gallery is entirely dedicated to Raphael. Here you'll see the tapestries that were woven in Brussels based on his drawings, with his Acts of the Apostles which were...
