look at the Crepuscular rays from St. Peter's Basilica
Musei Vaticani is Italian for Vatican Museums, that is
located within Vatican City. It is established in the year of 1506, north of
St. Peter's Basilica.
This is my second visit, my first visit can be viewed in my post here
This is my second visit, my first visit can be viewed in my post here
The Vatican Museums are Christian and art museums that display
works from the immense collection amassed by Popes throughout the centuries
including some of the most renowned classical sculptures and most important
masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly
70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employ 640 people
who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration
departments.
Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th
century. The Sistine Chapel, with its
ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by
Raphael, are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. In 2017, they
were visited by 6 million people, which combined makes it the 4th most visited
art museum in the world.
There are 54 galleries /or sala (I call it chamber of
display) in total, with the Sistine Chapel being the very last sala within the
Museum. There is no doubt that Vatican Museum is one of the largest museums in
the world.
