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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assigned country code 379 to Vatican City, [1] but it is not in use. Vatican telephone numbers are in the form 06 698xxxxx, where 06 the area code for Rome, which surrounds Vatican City. For dialing calls within Vatican City or to Italian destinations the area code must be dialed.
The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the most well-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in ...
Two special stamps about the museum were issued at the museum opening. Euro coins issued by the Vatican are minted by Italy's Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Italian State Mint). [4] In 2017, the Vatican honored the 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation by issuing stamps featuring Martin Luther. [5] [6]
The Museo Pio Cristiano is one of the Vatican Museums. It houses various works of Christian antiquity such as The Good Shepherd. [1] The museum was founded by Pope Pius IX in 1854, [2] two years after the establishment of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology by Giuseppe Marchi and Giovanni Battista de Rossi.
List of museums in Rome. The city contains vast quantities of priceless art , sculpture and treasures , which are mainly stored in its many museums . List of museums divided by category, the main museums: [ 1 ]
In 1874, Annibale moved the shop from its original location to its current spot on Via Santa Chiara 34. It is located in the same building as the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy . [ 3 ] Annibale's sons Bonaventura and Giuseppe renamed the shop "Ditta Annibale Gammarelli".
Vatican Museums. Gregoriano Etrusco Museum; Gregoriano Profano Museum; Modern Religious Art Museum; Pio-Clementino Museum; Pio Cristiano Museum; The Gallery of Maps; Vatican Historical Museum; Museo missionario etnologico
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 Pope Paul VI, [1] and was initially hosted in environments under the Square Garden. In 1987 it was moved to the main floor of the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran and opened in March 1991.