Discover Vatican and Sistine Chapel
Founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus, Rome was at the center of Great Roman Empire and home of the Vatican, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. Rome has exceptional artistic patrimony and aura of the great emperors that have ruled almost entire world. Some of the best historic artist like Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, Masolino, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Luca Signorelli has beautify Rome and Vatican for centuries and you can see very best architecture and sculptural masterpieces in this largest museums of the world.
Start your Discover Vatican and Sistine Tour with city tour of Rome before reaching to Vatican. This city tour includes some of the places like Piazza della Repubblica, Aurelian Walls, majestic gardens of Villa Borghese and northern gate of Rome leading in to Piazza del Popolo. All these squares and fountains are good to understand the marvelous history and love of Romans towards the art.
Vatican Museum is one of the biggest museum in the world and it has very rich treasure of paintings and sculptures. Explore the majestic and grand spiral stairway of the Vatican Museum and artistic work on the celling. See the famous gallery of Tapestries and gallery of Geographical Maps.
Thanks to the extraordinary creation by Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel in Vatican city has become on of the most famous art galleries in the world. Sistine Chapel is symbolic statement of the papal authority and center of the Catholic Church and a place where Papal elections are held. Sistine Chapel is been frescoed throughout the walls and celling. Specially the painting of The Last Judgment by Michelangelo is considered as the crowning achievements in paintings.
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