The booth in the Pinacoteca courtyard. |
The Square Garden as seen from the Pinacoteca courtyard. |
The Square Garden and the building of Art Gallery as seen from the Pinacoteca courtyard. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room I: Madonna and Child, Sts. Honofrius, Nicholas, Bartholomew and John the Evangelist. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room III: Marsuppini Coronation. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room IV: Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room V: Coat of arms supported by two angels. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room VI: Crucifixion (Triptych from Camerino). |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room VI: Crowning of the Virgin, Christ deposed and Saints. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room VII: Nativity and arrival of the Magi (Madonna of the Spineta). |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room VII: Decemviri Altarpiece by Perugino. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room VII: Saint Jerome Enthroned by Giovanni Santi. |
Pinacoteca art gallery: Christ in Glory by Antonio da Correggio. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room IX: St. Jerome in the Wilderness by Leonardo da Vinci. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room X: The Madonna of San Niccolo dei Frari. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room X: The Coronation of the Virgin (Madonna of Monteluce). |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room X: The Madonna of St. Nicholas of the Frari by Titian. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XI: The Sacrifice of Issac by Ludovico Carracci. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XI: The Resurrection of Lazarus by Girolamo Muziano. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XI: The Mystical Press and Christ in Glory by Marco dal Pino. |
Pinacoteca, Room XI: Annunciation, Rest during the Flight into Egypt and The Blessed Michelina by Barocci. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XIII: Fortune Restrained by Love was painted by Guido Reni. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XIII: Vision of St. Bruno was painted by Pier Francesco Mola (1612-1666). |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XIII: St. Ignatius of Loyola by the Flemish painters Gerard Seghers and Jan Wildsen. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XIII: Apotheosis of Vincenzo I Gonzaga fourth Duke of Mantua. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XIV: “Battle” was painted by Jacques Courtois. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XV: “Portrait of Pius VI” was painted by Pompeo Batoni. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XV: “Portrait of Clement IX” and “Christ with the Samaritan woman at the well”. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XV: Portrait of Benedict XIV was painted by Giuseppe Maria Crespi. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XV: Miracle of St. Toribio of Lima by Sebastiano Conca is on the left. |
Pinacoteca art gallery, Room XVI: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was painted by Wenzel Peter. |
The statue of Pope Pius XI. |
The building of the Vatican Pinacoteca art gallery. |
The green lawn of the Square Garden. |
The Pinacoteca courtyard as seen from the Square Garden. |
The fountain is in the Square Garden. |
The “Giardino Quadrato” fountain is in the Square Garden. |
The facade of the Vatican Pinacoteca art gallery. |
The dome of St. Peter's Basilica as seen from the Square Garden. |
This ancient wall separates the Square Garden from the Old Gardens. |
The inscription on the building of Pinacoteca reads “Raffaello”. |
Every walkway in the Square Garden is decorated with plants. |
The southern wall of the Square Garden. |
The cafeteria of the Square Garden. |
The statue of a bearded man. |
Do not go down the spiral stairs because it is the exit to the street. |
These tourists have reached the top of the entrance stairway. |
The modern double helix staircase is in the Pio-Clementine Museum. |
The modern double helix “Bramante Staircase” was designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932. |
The balustrade around the ramp of Bramante Staircase is made of ornately worked metal. |
A canopy located above provides the necessary light to illuminate the Bramante Staircase. |
This 1st-century Roman bronze Pigna “Pine Cone” gives the name Cortile della Pigna to the highest terrace. |
The upper terrace is called the Cortile della Pigna. |
Courtyard of the “Pine Cone” is a high end terrace within the Cortile del Belvedere. |
The outer southern wall of the Gregorian Egyptian Museum. |
This “Pine Cone” was an ancient fountain. |
The colossal bronze pine cone was cast in the 1st or 2nd century by Publius Cincius Salvius who left his name on the base. |
Architectural detail by Claudio Bramante in the Cortile della Pigna. |
The sculpture of two concentric spheres by Arnaldo Pomodoro is in the middle of Cortile della Pigna. |
The colossal bronze pine was placed here in 1608. |
“Sphere Within a Sphere” by Pomodoro is in the Cortile della Pigna. |
There are many “Sphere Within a Sphere” sculptures scattered across the globe. |
The southwestern part of the Cortile della Pigna. |
A statue of a man in the Cortile della Pigna. |
Room I of the Gregorian Egyptian Museum is dedicated to objects with hieroglyphic inscriptions. |
Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Room I: the objects with hieroglyphic inscriptions are arranged in chronological order. |
Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Room I: Commemorative stela of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III is on the left. |
Roman-era replicas of Egyptian statues. |
The bronze sculpture of “Sphere Within a Sphere” is in the center of Cortile della Pigna. |
The Cortile della Pigna as seen from the Gregorian Egyptian Museum. |
The giant bronze pinecone “Pigna” dominates the Cortile della Pigna. |
Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Room IV: Statue of the Nile recumbent, from Rome, 1st-2nd century AD, cat. 22838. |
Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Room V: The sitting statue of the lioness goddess Sekhmet. |
Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Room V: The standing statue of the lioness goddess Sekhmet. |
Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Room V: Colossal statue of Ptolemy Philadelphus from Heliopolis in red granite. |
Gregorian Egyptian Museum, Room V: Apis, a bull-headed Egyptian god. |
Sarcophagus with Bacchic procession and lion heads is in the Octagonal Courtyard. |
Columns are crowned with the carved heads in the Octagonal Courtyard. |
The Octagonal Courtyard is in the Pio Clementino Museum. |
Octagonal Courtyard “Cortile ottagonale”. |
The Octagonal Courtyard is the inner courtyard of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum. |
“Sarcophagus with submission of barbarians” is in the Octagonal Courtyard. |
The sculpture of Venus Felix is in the Octagonal Courtyard. |
“Sarcophagus with Amazons and Achilles with Penthesilea” is in the Octagonal Courtyard. |
The left side of the left wing of the Hall of Animals. |
The sculpture of Meleager is on the background of the left wing of the Hall of Animals. |
The right side of the left wing of the Hall of Animals. |
The right wing of the Hall of Animals. |
“Group of Mithras slaying the bull” (2nd century AD) is in the right wing of the Hall of Animals. |
Hall of the Muses: Silenus with a cup of wine. |
The ceiling of the Hall of the Muses. |
Hall of the Muses: Melpomene is a muse of Tragedy. |
Hall of the Muses: Urania is a muse of Astronomy. |
Hall of the Muses: Polymnia (or Polyhymnia) is a muse of music, song and dance. |
The Porphyry Basin is in the Round Hall “Sala Rotonda”. |
The coffered ceiling was designed by Simonetti in 1780 (Sala Rotonda, Round Room). |
The mosaic floor is in the Round Hall “Sala Rotonda”. |
Sala Rotonda is the Round Hall. |
Bust of a Severan princess is in the Sala Rotonda. |
Greek Cross Hall: Two Roman telamones are beside the entrance to Sala Rotonda. |
Greek Cross Hall: A statue of Lucius Verus young. |
Greek Cross Hall: Sarcophagus of Constantina, 340 AD. |
Greek Cross Hall: Sarcophagus of Helena. |
Greek Cross Hall: The sphinx of pink granite dates from approximately 1st century AD. |
Tourists and stairways are in the Greek Cross Hall. |
The Hall of the Chariot: The Marble chariot. |
This corridor and staircase are located between the Hall of the Chariot and the Gallery of the Candelabra. |
Gallery of the Candelabra: The statuette of a child playing with a walnut. |
Gallery of the Candelabra: The amazing ceiling painting is dedicated to Pope Leo XIII. |
Gallery of the Candelabra: The back side of the statue of “Satyr with Dionysus as a child” is on the right. |
The statue of Dionysus is in the Gallery of the Candelabra. |
Gallery of the Candelabra: St. Thomas Aquinas teaches Philosophy. |
Gallery of the Candelabra: The coat of arms of Pope Leo XIII. |
Gallery of the Candelabra: The statue of a boy strangling a goose. |
Gallery of the Candelabra: The statue of Saturn, 2nd century AD. |
The inscription “Leo XIII” is on the polychrome marble floor in the Gallery of the Candelabra. |
Gallery of the Geographical Maps: Tremiti Islands. |
Gallery of the Geographical Maps: Fifty scenes of miraculous events of saints. |
Gallery of the Geographical Maps: Northern Puglia. |
The vault in the Gallery of the Geographical Maps is painted with fifty scenes of miraculous events of saints. |
“King John III Sobieski is sending the message of Victory to the Pope after the Battle of Vienna” by Jan Matejko. |
“Martyrs of Gorkum” (1867) painted by Cesare Fracassini is in the Sobieski's room. |
Proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception is in the Room of the Immaculate Conception. |
The ceiling is in the Room of the Immaculate Conception. |
Promulgation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Francesco Podesti in the Room of the Immaculate Conception. |
Courtyard of the Belvedere “Cortile del Belvedere”. |
The Belvedere Courtyard was designed by Donato Bramante in 1506. |
The Belvedere Courtyard was a major architectural work of the High Renaissance at the Vatican Palace. |
The fountain is in the Belvedere Courtyard. |
Raphael Rooms: Triumph of Christianity is on the vault of the Room of Constantine “Sala di Costantino”. |
Raphael Rooms: The Mass at Bolsena is in the Room of Heliodorus “Stanza di Eliodoro”. |
Raphael Rooms: Scenes from Genesis are on the ceiling of the Room of Heliodorus “Stanza di Eliodoro”. |
Raphael Rooms: The ceiling of the Room of the Signatura “Stanza della segnatura”. |
Raphael Rooms: School of Athens is in the Room of the Signatura “Stanza della segnatura”. |
Raphael Rooms: The painting of the Fire in the Borgo is in “The Room of the Fire in the Borgo”. |
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope. |
The Last Judgement is a fresco by Michelangelo executed on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel. |
The vault of the Sistine Chapel. |
Frescoes of the Chapel of St. Peter the martyr, also known as the Chapel of St. Pius V. |
The vault of the Chapel of St. Pius V was decorated by Jacopo Zucchi. |
Objects of the treasury of the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran dating from the 4th to the 11th century. |
The beautiful ceiling is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
One of the rooms is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Sacred objects from the Sancta Sanctorum are in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Huge gold crosses from the Sancta Sanctorum are in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
This little square is called Piazza del Forno. |
The Basilica of Saint Peter as seen from Piazza del Forno. |
The south-eastern side of Piazza del Forno. |
This parking place stretches along the outer wall of the Gallery of the Geographical Maps. |
The mosaic “Achilles drags Hector's body” (3rd century AD) is on the floor of the Aldobrandini Wedding room. |
Blue cabinets with artifacts are in the Sacred Museum of the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Sacred Museum is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Gallery of Benedict XIV is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Silver artifacts are in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The papal coat of arms of Alexander VII Pontifex Maximus is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
“Celestial globe painted” is in the Gallery of Urban VIII of the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
A small book shop is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The Gardens of Vatican City as seen from the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The painting of papal coat of arms with funny faces of angels is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The painting of “Episodes of the pontificate of Sixtus V Peretti 1585-90” is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The richly painted ceiling is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
One of the paintings of “The Life of Pope Sixtus the Fifth” is on the wall of the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
“Glorification of the pontificate of Sixtus V” is in the Sistine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The old world globe is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The other side of old world globe is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The Square Garden as seen from the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
An ancient map is on the wall of the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
The luxurious and comfortable porcelain seat is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
A colorful stained glass window with mother and child is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
“Episodes from the life of Pius VI Braschi (1775-99)” is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
This fresco by Domenico De Angelis (1735-1804) and Domenico Del Frate (1765-1821) is in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Lovely artifacts are in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Metallic artifacts are in the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Yellow papal coat of arms is on the ceiling of the Vatican Apostolic Library. |
Gallery of the Geographical Maps: “Duchy of Milan” with a map of Milan. |
Gallery of the Geographical Maps: “Liguria”. |
This is an exit from the Sistine Chapel to the Papal Basilica of St. Peter. |
This small square is located between the Sistine Chapel and the Papal Basilica of St. Peter. |
Marble statue of S. Gregorius Armeniae Illuminator “Saint Gregory the Illuminator”. |
These tourists came out from the Sistine Chapel. |
Statues of the saints are on the Colonnades in the area of Constantinian Wing. |
The massive bronze middle door served as the main entrance to the basilica in the past. |
Spandrels of the major arches are adjacent to the wall in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The sculpture of Saint Teresa of Avila is in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The interior of St. Peter's Basilica. |
Pilasters of St. Peter's Basilica were covered with stucco and colored marble. |
The vault of St. Peter's Basilica. |
The sculpture of St. Peter of Alcantara was created in 1753 by Francisco Vergara (1681-1753). |
The sculpture of St. Ignatius was created in 1733 by Camillo Rusconi (1658-1728) and finished by his pupil Giuseppe Rusconi. |
The sculpture of St. Ignatius (bottom right) and the sculpture of St. Camillus (bottom left). |
This breathtaking interior of St. Peter's Basilica is in the area of the sculpture of St. Ignatius. |
The monument to Pope Gregory XIII (1502-1585) was created by Camillo Rusconi. |
The monument to Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) was created by Luigi Amici. |
The sculpture of St. Ignatius (bottom left) and the sculpture of S. Francesco di Paola (bottom right). |
The sculpture of Saint Longinus was created by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1638. |
The sculpture of S. Gaetano Thiene was created by Carlo Monaldi in 1738. |
The tomb of Benedict XIV was created by Pietro Bracci (1700-73), it is located in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The bright interior of one of the rooms in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The monument to Pope Clement XIII is flanked by lions. |
Latticed windows are installed in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The sculpture of Saint Helena is in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The Chair of Saint Peter is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica. |
This organ is on the right of the Throne of Saint Peter in St. Peter's Basilica. |
This organ is on the left of the Throne of Saint Peter in St. Peter's Basilica. |
Tourists are in the nave of St. Peter's Basilica. |
Numerous statues are located on two levels in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The altar with Bernini's baldacchino is in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The funerary monument to Alexander VII was created by Bernini and is located in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The altar of Pope Leo I “the Great” is in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter. |
St. Peter's Baldachin is a large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy, located over the high altar of the Basilica of St. Peter. |
A sculpture in St. Peter's Basilica featuring Jesus, Saint Paul, Saint Peter and a pope. |
The altar of the Bugia is in St. Peter's Basilica. |
One of the numerous portraits with a latin inscription is in St. Peter's Basilica. |
An open door with the inscription of “Museo Tesoro - Basilica di San Pietro”. |
A symbol of the Winged Skull is in St. Peter's Basilica. |
A pure white building is equipped with two gates. |
The tiny sink with two dragons is in St. Peter's Basilica. |
Different altars are in St. Peter's Basilica. |
The papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica are the final resting places of the popes. |
The tomb of Pope Paul VI is in the papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica. |
The sarcophagus of Pope Paul II is in the papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica. |
The marble statue of Pope Pius VI by Antonio Canova is in the papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica. |
The extant sarcophagus of Pope Boniface VIII is in the papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica. |
The tomb of Pope Callixtus III is in the papal tombs in old St. Peter's Basilica. |