VATICAN PALACE - RAPHAEL ROOMS, Raphael Rooms - Introduction

Hi, I'm Gale, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through the Raphael Rooms, one of the most precious treasures of the Vatican Palaces!

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), you'll be able to peacefully enjoy one of the most profound and moving experiences offered by Italian art: four rooms, one after the other, where Raphael's genius in the purest moment of the Italian Renaissance is displayed in all its splendor.

To understand how Raphael's painting style changed over the years, I suggest admiring the works in chronological order, and not how they've been exhibited. So start with the third room, Stanza della Segnatura or Room of the Signatura, then proceed with Stanza di Eliodoro or Room of Heliodorus, then Stanza dell’Incendio di Borgo or The Room of the Fire in the Borgo, and finish off in the largest room, Sala di Costantino or Room of Constantine....