Thursday 21 June 2012

Vatican Museum

Vatican Museum: (Italian: Musei Vaticani), in Viale Vaticano in Rome, inside the Vatican City, are among the greatest museums in the world, since they display works from the immense collection built up by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries, including some of the most renowned classical sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century. The Sistine Chapel and the Stanze della Segnatura decorated by Raphael are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums.

 Vatican Museum
 Vatican Museum
 Vatican Museum
 Vatican Museum
 Vatican Museum
 Vatican Museum

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