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Vatican
Museums
"The founding
of the Vatican Museums can be traced back to 1503 when the newly-elected
Pope, Julius II, placed a statue of Apollo in the internal courtyard of
the Belvedere Palace built by Innocent VIII; he brought the statue from
the garden of his titular church of St. Peter in Chains.
In 1506 the
Laocoon was added to the collection, after its discovery on the Esquiline
Hill before the eyes of Giuliano di Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Scores of
artifacts were added throughout the next two centuries and the collections
were eventually reorganized under Benedict XIV (1740-1758) and Clement
XIII (1758-1769). They founded the Apostolic Library Museums: the Sacred
(Museo Sacro - 1756) and the Profane (Museo Profano - 1767).
The Christian
Museum, comprising finds from the catacombs that could not be conserved
in situ, was founded by Pius IX in 1854 in the Lateran Palace and was moved
to the Vatican Museums by Pope John XXIII.
Pope Pius
XI inaugurated in 1932 the definitive seat of the Vatican Picture Gallery
(the Pinacoteca), near the monumental entrance of the Vatican Museums."
The Fabbrica
of Saint Peter's - 40 Images
The Treasury
of Saint Peter's - 36 Images
The Apostolic
Library : Sacred Museum I - 60 Images
The Apostolic
Library : Sacred Museum II - 45 Images
The Apostolic
Library : Sacred Museum III - 38 Images
Gallery of
Tapestries - 48 Images
The Gallery
of Paintings I - 17 Images
The Gallery
of Paintings II - 14 Images
The Gallery
of Paintings III - 10 Images
The Gallery
of Paintings IV - 15 Images
The Gallery
of Paintings V - 12 Images
The Pio-Clementine
Museum - 17 Images
The Christian
Museum I - 10 Images
The Christian
Museum II - 8 Images
Museums of
Sculptures I - 17 Images
Museums of
Sculptures II - 18 Images
The Gregorian
Profane Museum - 11 Images
The Gregorian
Egyptian Museum - 22 Images
The Gregorian
Etruscan Museum I - 73 Images
The Gregorian
Etruscan Museum II - 56 Images
The Missionary
- Ethnologic Museum - 17 Images
The Collection
of Modern Religious Art - 11 Images
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