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2. Tourism in Vatican City - Wikipedia

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   Vatican City is quarter of a square mile (0.44 km 2) in area, [2] is a popular destination for tourists, especially Catholics wishing to see the Pope or to celebrate their faith. The largest numbers of pilgrims visit Vatican City at special moments in the liturgical year , such as Christmas or Easter , or during important periods such as the ...

3. Vatican Museums - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Vatican City - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. Enclaved Holy See's independent city-state This article is about the city-state in Europe. For the city-state's government, see Holy See. Vatican City State Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian) Status Civitatis Vaticanae (Latin) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Inno e Marcia Pontificale ...

5. Raphael Rooms - Wikipedia

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   Visual Tour of the Raphael Rooms, with identifications of figures in frescoes; Raphael Rooms' 360x180 degree panorama virtual tour; The Vatican: spirit and art of Christian Rome, a book from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on the Raphael Rooms (pp. 111–123)

6. Sistine Chapel - Wikipedia

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   It was on view at Mexico City from 1 June to 15 July 2016. It took 2.6 million high definition photographs to reproduce the totality of the frescoes and tapestries. [33] A video of the history of the chapel was shown to visitors before entering the building; inside, a light-and-sound demonstration explained the content of each of the frescoes.

7. Vatican Gallery of Maps - Wikipedia

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   The Gallery of Maps [1] (Italian: Galleria delle carte geografiche) is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti.