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They represent the greatest collection of antiques
in the world. You can admire works of extraordinary artistic interest
through 7 kilometres. To reach their new entrance, inaugurated by the
Pope the 7th of February 2000, starting from "Piazza S. Pietro" you can
go to "Piazza Risorgimento" through the right arcade, then you can pass
through "via Leone IV" and "viale Vaticano". This new entrance consists
of a great helicoidal ramp,165 metres high, recalling the Louvre's
pyramid, and has the aim of forming one-way only to avoid slowings and
queues. The Vatican Museums are expanding on four levels and on an area
of 10.000 square metres. The first works, which are kept here, date back
to the Renaissance; since then on, Popes continued and completed to
gather and to select the greatest treasures of art. They are divided in
several sections. You can start from the Egyptian museum, which occupies
ten rooms, then you can see the Chiaramonti museum, where about one
thousand Greek and Roman sculptures are shwed.In the lapidary gallery
there are thousands of inscriptions which make in the richest one in the
world. In the Pio Clementino museum, besides numerous Roman sculptures,
which are copies of famous Greek original ones, like the Laocoonte, you
can admire the bronze "Amazzone ferita" and some works by A. Canova,
like the "Perseo". The Etruscan museum keeps objects coming from Etruria
excavations and private donations in addition to Roman works and a
collection of Greek vases. Among the most remarkable pieces there are
those coming from the famous Cerveteri tomb. The Raffaello's rooms are a
fixed stop in the Vatican Museums: they are so called because keep
frescoes by the famous artist. In the room of the Segnatura, which was
the Giulio II's study, you can find the "Disputa del SS. Sacramento",
the "Scuola di Atene" and the "Parnaso". In the Constantine's room there
are some frescoes by Master's pupils. Going on, you can see the
Raffaello's loggia decorated with scenes of the Old and New Testament;
it was begun by Bramante and completed by Raffaello. A little bit
further, there are Chiaroscuri's room, the ceiling of which is decorated
with Raffaello's designs, the Nicolina Chapel with frescoes by Beato
Angelico and the Borgia's flat decorated nearly in full by
Pinturicchio's frescoes. The collection of modern religious art occupies
55 rooms and consists of about 800 paintings and religious sculptures.
The Sistina Chapel, recently restored, was completed in 1480. You can
admire, on its left side, scenes of Mosè's life, and, on its right side,
scenes of Christ's life. Its vault was decorated by Michelangelo who
painted also the famous "Giudizio Universale" on the main wall. Copyright by Wikipedia. |
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