VATICAN PALACE - RAPHAEL ROOMS
RAPHAEL ROOMS - INTRODUCTION
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You'll find them at the end of the long walk through the Vatican's corridors. They are often very crowded, but if you chose the right time to come (I suggest between one and two in the afternoon),...
RAPHAEL ROOMS - SHELFMARK
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Your tour of the rooms begins with the Room of the Signatura. Originally this room was the pope's private library and it was divided into four humanities subjects: theology, philosophy, poetry, and...
RAPHAEL ROOMS - ELIODORO
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You are now in the Room of Heliodorus, which is named after its first fresco.
Keep in mind that the pope held private meetings in this room, so it was important both politically and diplomatically,...
RAPHAEL ROOMS - CONCLUSION
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As you can imagine, Raphael and the new Pope Leo X, who was the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent and an art and antiquity enthusiast, immediately got along on an intellectual level. Unlike his...
