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3 hours
Daily Tour
8 people
English
Carriages from the 1800’s and the Pope Mobile of John Paul II on the day he was shot.
Expensy tapestries worked on in Brussels in 1531 based on the sketches by Raphael.
32 Maps frescoed on the wall of this gallery between 1580 – 1583. Based on the drawings by the great cosmographer Ignazio Dante.
Masterpieces of Greco Roman sculptures from antiquity discovered during excavations are kept here. Michelangelo’s favorite “The Belvedere Torso and The Greek God Apollo” from 320 B.C. are kept here. But the highlight is the marble statue of the Laocoon Group.
The 1800 year old bronze statue of Hercules, the 13 meter wide porphyry basin from Nero’s house in a room which has a striking resemblance to the pantheon.
Created by the undisputed genius Michelangelo, the masterpieces of this chapel are awe inspiring.
Christ told his apostle Peter: “You will be the rock on which I shall build my church.” So on the tomb of St. Peter stands the greatest cathedral of the world.