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Museums of the Vatican City
The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection
Vatican_Museums
Vatican City legislative body
departments of Vatican City's government, including the Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City, the Vatican Observatory, the Vatican Museums and the Department
Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
Pontifical_Commission_for_Vatican_City_State
Enclaved Holy See's independent city-state
the Vatican Apostolic Library, and the Vatican Museums. They feature some of the world's most famous paintings and sculptures. The economy of Vatican City
Vatican_City
is a list of museums in Vatican City. Museo del Tesoro di San Pietro Vatican Museums Gregoriano Etrusco Museum Gregoriano Profano Museum Modern Religious
List of museums in Vatican City
List_of_museums_in_Vatican_City
Museum in Rome, Italy
The Vatican Historical Museum (Italian: Museo storico vaticano) is one of the sections of the Vatican Museums. It was founded in 1973 at the behest of
Vatican_Historical_Museum
Railway in Vatican City and Italy
running from Vatican City to the palace once a week, the first regular tourist use of the railway. The service is run jointly by Vatican Museums and the Italian
Vatican_Railway
of St. Peter, Saint Peter's Square, the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and the Raphael Rooms. Vatican City is quarter of a square mile (0.44 km2)
Tourism_in_Vatican_City
Statue of goddess Minerva or Athena
Formerly in the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani, it is now in the Vatican Museums (inv. 2223). The statue, of Parian marble, is 2.25 m high. It depicts
Athena_Giustiniani
Art and sculpture museums in Vatican City
known as the Vatican Ethnological Museum) is a museum of ethnological art and artefacts in the Vatican City. It is part of the Vatican Museums. The main
Anima_Mundi,_Vatican_City
Topics referred to by the same term
Holy See Vatican Apostolic Archive Vatican Apostolic Library Vatican Museums Vatican News, including Vatican Media and Vatican Radio Vatican Publishing
Vatican
Italian art historian (born 1962)
1962) is an Italian art historian who has been the director of the Vatican Museums since June 2016. Jatta has joked that she was born among the smell
Barbara_Jatta
Official residence of the Pope in Vatican City
Catholic Church and the Holy See, private and public chapels, the Vatican Museums, and the Vatican Library, including the Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms, and the
Apostolic_Palace
Bulgarian painter (1932–2024)
was the first Bulgarian artist whose work has been acquired by the Vatican Museums. Vukadinov originally trained in plein-air landscapes and still-life
Ivan_Vukadinov
International border between Italy and Vatican City
the Vatican City but mostly in Italy; the Italian part of the building is treated as an extraterritorial area of the Holy See. The Vatican Museums entrance
Italy-Vatican_City_border
significance. Among the most significant resources are museums – (Capitoline Museums, the Vatican Museums, Galleria Borghese)—aqueducts, fountains, churches
Tourism_in_Rome
Kingdom, and museum websites. This list includes art museums, cultural museums, history museums, natural history museums, and science museums with an attendance
List_of_most-visited_museums
of Vatican City is mainly supported financially by the sale of stamps, coins, medals, and tourist mementos as well as fees for admission to museums and
Economy_of_Vatican_City
Art museum in the Vatican
Art is a collection of paintings, graphic art and sculptures in the Vatican Museums. It occupies 55 rooms: the Borgia Apartment (apartment of Pope Alexander
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Vatican Museums
Collection_of_Modern_and_Contemporary_Art,_Vatican_Museums
41°54′10″N 12°27′9″E / 41.90278°N 12.45250°E / 41.90278; 12.45250 Vatican City is unique due to the country's position as an urban, landlocked enclave
Geography_of_Vatican_City
Vatican office that issues stamps and coins
Vatican Railway station and has been operated as part of the Vatican Museums since 2007. Two special stamps were issued to commemorate the museum's opening
Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State
Philatelic_and_Numismatic_Office_of_the_Vatican_City_State
men) visiting St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel or the Vatican Museums in Vatican City are expected to wear appropriate attire. Low cut or sleeveless
Women_in_Vatican_City
his early death at 37, a large body of work remains, especially in the Vatican, where Raphael and a large team of assistants, executing his drawings under
List_of_paintings_by_Raphael
City-state and enclave within Rome, Italy
Vatican City World Heritage Sites in Vatican City: Vatican City is itself a World Heritage Site Art in Vatican City The Resurrection Vatican Museums Anima
Outline_of_Vatican_City
Two staircases in the Vatican Museums, built in 1505 and 1932
Bramante Staircase is the name given to two staircases in the Vatican Museums in the Vatican City State: the original stair, built in 1505, and a modern
Bramante_Staircase
The flag of Vatican City, also referred to as the flag of the Holy See, consists of vertical bicolour of yellow and white, with the white half charged
Flag_of_Vatican_City
museums List of largest buildings List of most visited museums List of national museums William Lee Adams (10 April 2014). "From the British Museum to
List_of_largest_museums
Italian breed of sighthound
in sculpture – including a second-century Roman statue now in the Vatican Museums – and paintings, notably by Giotto, Sassetta and Tiepolo. Dogs of this
Italian_Greyhound
Jurisdiction of the Catholic Church and Vatican City
Apostolic See, is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City. It encompasses the office of the pope as the bishop of the apostolic
Holy_See
coat of arms of Vatican City is the coat of arms used by Vatican City, which was originally adopted by the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State on 7
Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City
Sculpture by an Apollonios the Athenian
literature. It is now in the Museo Pio-Clementino (Inv. 1192) of the Vatican Museums. Once believed to be a 1st-century BC original, the statue is now thought
Belvedere_Torso
Ancient sculpture excavated in Rome in 1506 AD
it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and put on public display in the Vatican Museums, where it remains today. The statue is very likely the same one praised
Laocoön_and_His_Sons
Constitution of Vatican City State
Law of Vatican City State (Italian: Legge Fondamentale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the main governing legal document of the Vatican's civil
Fundamental Law of Vatican City State
Fundamental_Law_of_Vatican_City_State
Men's association football team
under the control of the Vatican Amateur Sports Association, headquartered in the Vatican's Cortile di San Damaso. The Vatican City football association
Vatican City national football team
Vatican_City_national_football_team
Hill in Rome where St. Peter's Basilica is located
10 October 2006 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Vatican Museums. The Vatican Hill was included within the city limits of Rome during the reign
Vatican_Hill
Art museums are some of the largest buildings in the world. The world's most pre-eminent museums have also engaged in various expansion projects through
List_of_largest_art_museums
One of the Raphael Rooms in Vatican City
Segnatura is one of the rooms of the Raphael Rooms in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican. It was the first to be decorated by Raphael, between 1508 and 1511. The
Stanza_della_Segnatura
Character in Greek Mythology
himself out of shame. The Belvedere Torso, a marble torso now in the Vatican Museums, is considered to depict Ajax "in the act of contemplating his suicide"
Ajax_the_Great
The Vatican City State, formed in 1929, is the heir of the Papal States, which ceased to exist in 1870. Unlike those, the Vatican does not have a military
Military_in_Vatican_City
2019-05-29. "The Restoration of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums". ITALIAN MUSEUMS NEWS and BOOKING GUIDE. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
Architecture_of_Vatican_City
Italian art historian and curator (1939–2024)
was an Italian art historian and curator, who was Director of the Vatican Museums between 2007 and 2017. Paolucci also worked in Florence, Venice, Verona
Antonio_Paolucci
Vatican City military force and papal bodyguard
protect the Pope and the Apostolic Palace within the territory of the Vatican City State. Established in 1506 under Pope Julius II, it is among the oldest
Swiss_Guard
Term for status of the Pope (1870–1929)
A prisoner in the Vatican (Italian: Prigioniero nel Vaticano; Latin: Captivus Vaticani) or prisoner of the Vatican described the situation of the pope
Prisoner_in_the_Vatican
Tribe of giants in the Odyssey
The fourth panel of the so-called "Odyssey Landscapes" wall painting from the Vatican Museums in Rome, 60–40 BC
Laestrygonians
issues as communications, internal security, fire protection, and the Vatican Museums. The Corpo della Gendarmeria is the state's security and police force
Politics_of_Vatican_City
Head of the Catholic Church
head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City State. From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome
Pope
Aspect of viral disease pandemic
was offered via livestreaming from the Pope's private library. The Vatican Museums were closed from 8 March to 3 April. On 10 March, a day after Italy
COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City
COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vatican_City
Rooms in the Vatican frescoed by Raphael
of reception rooms in the Apostolic Palace, now part of the Vatican Museums, in Vatican City. They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael
Raphael_Rooms
Library of the Holy See in Vatican City
The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library
Vatican_Library
Roman sculpture of Christ (3rd–4th century)
at Rome and even in the Orient. "Statuette of the Good Shepherd". Vatican Museums. Origin: from Rome, cemetery of S. Callisto on the Appian Way "Luke"
Statuette of the Good Shepherd
Statuette_of_the_Good_Shepherd
Roman aristocratic families who sided with the Papacy under Pope Pius IX
between 1870 and 1929, the pope confined himself to Vatican City and claimed to be a prisoner in the Vatican to avoid the appearance of accepting the authority
Black_nobility
Roman sculpture
in the Vatican Museums. It is also sometimes identified as a Ceres. The right arm and the nose are restorations.[citation needed] The Museum of Fine
Barberini_Hera
Park in Vatican City
region. Since the end of 2014, the Vatican Museums and the Directorate of Technical Services of the Governorate of Vatican City State have been running the
Gardens_of_Vatican_City
List of museums in Rome. The city contains vast quantities of priceless art, sculpture and treasures, which are mainly stored in its many museums. This
List_of_museums_in_Rome
Sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, of which several versions exist
land his sculptures at the Headquarters of the United Nations and the Vatican Museums. Over his career, Pomodoro created 45 of these popular sculptures,
Sphere_Within_Sphere
Collection of personal papal dignitaries
General Counsellor of the State of Vatican City The Commandant of the Papal Swiss Guard The Counsellors of the State of Vatican City The President of the Pontifical
Papal_household
most-visited museums List of most visited museums in the United Kingdom List of most-visited museums in the United States List of most-visited museums in France
List of most-visited art museums
List_of_most-visited_art_museums
Sculpture by Myron
Capitoline Museums, where it remains. Discobolus at the Vatican Museums, Vatican City Discobolus Castel Porziano Discobolus at the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna
Discobolus
Bust of Julius Caesar
of Caesar in modern days. The bust is part of the collection of the Vatican Museums. Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Andrea Ferrucci)
Chiaramonti_Caesar
Art gallery near the Belvedere Courtyard
Painting of Jesus and Lazarus Vatican Museums Vatican City Index of Vatican City-related articles "Gallery of Maps". Vatican State. Retrieved 6 November
Vatican_Gallery_of_Maps
Unfinished painting by Leonardo da Vinci
Stockholm. Although normally on display at the Vatican Museums, Saint Jerome was loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York during the summer of 2019
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness (Leonardo)
Saint_Jerome_in_the_Wilderness_(Leonardo)
Custom automobile used by the pope
restored and are on display at the Carriage Pavilion exhibit of the Vatican Museums. An inventory from the papal stables in 1841 shows the carriages were
Popemobile
Croatian marble statue
copies of the work which are now held at the Ivan Meštrović Gallery, Vatican Museums, and Pontifical Croatian College. Meštrović brought the sculpture to
Pietà_(Meštrović)
Roman marble copy of Praxiteles sculpture
Praxiteles, conserved in the Museo Pio-Clementino as a part of the Vatican Museums' collections. It is now the best-known and perhaps most faithful Roman
Colonna_Venus
Fresco by Raphael
the rooms now called the Stanze di Raffaello in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. The fresco depicts a congregation of ancient mathematicians, philosophers
The_School_of_Athens
Comune in Lazio, Italy
site was discovered the statue of the Braschi Antinous, now in the Vatican Museums. Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104 – after 146 AD), a Roman charioteer from
Palestrina,_Lazio
Vatican loggias Vatican Museums Vatican Necropolis Vatican News Vatican Observatory Vatican Pharmacy Vatican Publishing House Vatican Radio Vatican Radio
Index of Vatican City–related articles
Index_of_Vatican_City–related_articles
1870 completion of Italian unification
July 1870, in the last months of the papacy's rule over Rome, the First Vatican Council which had begun in 1869 affirmed the doctrine of papal infallibility
Capture_of_Rome
Greek sculptor (c. 480 – 410 BC)
examples at the Vatican Museums, British Museum (found at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, and owned by Charles Townley) and Altes Museum. Kresilas also created
Kresilas
Hadrianic-era statue
display in the Vatican Palace in 1511, where it remains. It is now in the Cortile del Belvedere of the Pio-Clementine Museum of the Vatican Museums complex.
Apollo_Belvedere
official sporting organization of Vatican City. Vatican Athletics also handles Vatican Cycling, Vatican Taekwondo, and Vatican Padel, which are members of their
Sport_in_Vatican_City
Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo
curator of post-classical collections of the Vatican Museums and Gianluigi Colalucci, head restorer at the Vatican laboratory. During the course of the restoration
The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)
The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)
Painting by Raphael
Retrieved 2020-11-16. Redig de Campos, Deoclécio [in Italian] (1968). Vatican Museums: Rome. New York: Newsweek. p. 13. "colbert - raphael .pdf" (PDF). Dropbox
The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila
The_Meeting_of_Leo_the_Great_and_Attila
Italy. Peter is known for his animal paintings which appear in the Vatican Museums and frescos which are on the walls of the Galleria Borghese. Pope Gregory
Johann_Wenzel_Peter
Italian architect and engineer
architect and engineer, perhaps best known for the Scala Momo in the Vatican Museums cast by Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry of Florence and the Pontifical
Giuseppe_Momo
Sculpture of ancient Rome
built c. 120 BC; exhibited in the Pius-Clementine Museum (Museo Pio-Clementino) in the Vatican Museums. The Patrician Torlonia bust, believed to be of Cato
Roman_sculpture
Sculpture by Praxiteles of Athens from the 4th century BC
Getty Museum) An example with added figures of Pan and Cupid at the Athens National Archaeological Museum. The Venus Felix at the Vatican Museums, a possible
Aphrodite_of_Knidos
Ancient Greek building from Pergamon, now in Berlin
Hellenistic art.[citation needed] The Laocoön and His Sons in the Vatican Museums, one of only a very few sculptures which are today regarded as especially
Pergamon_Altar
Relic in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City
In January 2024, the Vatican Museums, Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Commission for the Protection of Monuments and other Vatican institutions announced
Chair_of_Saint_Peter
Touring exhibit of religious and historical objects from the Vatican
Vatican museums, and St. Peter's Basilica. To commemorate the occasion of its total institutional domination of Europe's art and culture, the Vatican
Vatican_Splendors
Italian painter (1890–1964)
repeatedly returned to familiar places in and around the city. The Vatican Museums note that he favoured the outskirts of Bologna, depicting familiar
Giorgio_Morandi
Church in Rome, Italy
sarcophagi from the church are now in the Vatican; the larger and more famous (illustrated) in the Vatican Museums, where it was moved during the late 18th
Mausoleum_of_Constantina
Worship, History, Legend" is a 2017 museum exhibition sponsored jointly by the Vatican Museums and the Jewish Museum of Rome. Menorah refers both to the
Menorah: Worship, History, Legend
Menorah:_Worship,_History,_Legend
of Vatican buildings also include contributions from artists like Raphael and Fra Angelico. The Vatican Apostolic Library and the Vatican Museums' collections
Demographics_of_Vatican_City
Statue of Our Lady of Peace by Guido Galli
sculpture was created by Guido Galli, who was the deputy director of the Vatican Museums at the time. Regina Pacis was inaugurated on August 4, 1918, three
Regina_Pacis_statue
Candle holder with multiple arms
of the latter excavated from Hadrian's Villa are now found in the Vatican Museums. Simpler tall slender candelabra with three feet were used in a domestic
Candelabra
Hecht Museum, Haifa, Israel. Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Semitic Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Musei reali, Turin, Italy Vatican Museums, Rome
List of museums of ancient Near Eastern art
List_of_museums_of_ancient_Near_Eastern_art
The law of Vatican City State consists of many forms, the most important of which is the canon law of the Catholic Church. The organs of state are governed
Law_of_Vatican_City
Postal service in Vatican City
on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2025. "Postage and stamps: the Vatican Museums, crossroads of the world!". Retrieved 5 April 2025. "Mail Rail: What
Poste_Vaticane
Japanese paper traditionally made from mulberry tree bark
properties, paintings, and books at museums and libraries around the world, such as the Louvre and the Vatican Museums, because of its thinness, pliability
Washi
Description of Greece, 8.40.3- 8.40.5 Vatican site - Presentation of the Exhibition, ANTONIO CANOVA, IN THE VATICAN MUSEUMS Handley, M.L. (1908). "Antonio Canova"
Creugas_and_Damoxenus
Official website of the Holy See
Curia, News Services, the Library and Secret Archives, the Vatican City State, the Vatican Museums, and the Archive." Under Pope Benedict XVI, who succeeded
Vatican.va
Monastery in Vatican City
(Latin for "Mother of the Church" dedicated to Mary) is a monastery in Vatican City. It was founded around 1990 by Pope John Paul II as a monastery for
Mater_Ecclesiae_Monastery
Italian sculptor (1926–2025)
Dublin, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., Tel Aviv University in Israel and at the Vatican Museums. Arnaldo Pomodoro was
Arnaldo_Pomodoro
Crime in the Vatican City consists largely of purse snatching, pick-pocketing and shoplifting committed by non-residents. The tourist foot-traffic in
Crime_in_Vatican_City
with Sardanapalus was erroneously confirmed in the example in the Vatican Museums, which was provided in antiquity with an inscription that reads ϹΑΡΔΑΝΑΠΑΛΛΟϹ
Dionysus_Sardanapalus
State hall in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
The Sala Regia ('Regal Room') is a state hall in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. Although not intended as such, this broad room is really an antechamber
Sala_Regia_(Vatican)
Former political dispute between Italy and the Papacy
on Rome of Italian nationalism. Beginning in December 1869, the First Vatican Council was held in the city. Some historians have argued that its proclamation
Roman_question
Ancient Roman marble busts
1884 from the collection of Augusto Castellani, height 0.40 m Vatican, Vatican Museum, Museo Pio-Clementino Inventory number 269, found in the Villa
Pericles with the Corinthian helmet
Pericles_with_the_Corinthian_helmet
Staircase designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Vatican City
Scala Regia is a flight of steps in the Vatican City and is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The official
Scala_Regia_(Vatican)
Part of an ecclesiastical province
(2026-01-12). "How the Catholic Church Creates Dioceses and Archdioceses". EWTN Vatican. Retrieved 2026-02-06. "Boston Globe: Right Rev. Bud Cederholm, "Green
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