Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel:
The most famous part of the Vatican Museums is the Sistine Chapel, one of the absolute masterpieces of modern art.
There are Michelangelo's frescoes of the Creation of Adam and the Last Judgment and works by Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio.The Raphael Rooms, also known as the Vatican Rooms, are four rooms frescoed by the great painter from Urbino who painted them with his pupils.
The most famous is the Stanza della Segnatura where the four branches of knowledge are depicted: Theology, Philosophy, Justice and Poetry.One of the most beautiful and evocative parts of the Vatican Museums is certainly the long corridor of 120 meters in length and six in width that leads to the Sistine Chapel adorned with geographical maps.
1 heure•Entrée incluse•Voir sur la carte