Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums are the public museums of the . They display works from the immense collection amassed by the and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the best-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.
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Wikipedia
  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of 40 metres (131 feet)
  • …is also known as “Musees du Vatican”
  • …is wheelchair accessible

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vatican Library and Sistine Chapel.

Library
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The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known…

Church
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The is a chapel in the… is situated 220 metres south of Vatican Museums.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vatican and Old Rome.

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City is the world's smallest country both…

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of .

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The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.

Vatican Museums

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Latitude
41.90493° or 41° 54′ 18″ north
Longitude
12.45462° or 12° 27′ 17″ east
Open location code
8FHJWF33+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 255959482
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
11822423

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Vatican Museums” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متاحف الفاتيكان”
  • Belarusian: “Музеі Ватыкана”
  • Chinese: “梵蒂冈博物馆”
  • Czech: “Vatikánská muzea”
  • Danish: “Vatikanmuseet”
  • Finnish: “Vatikaanin museot”
  • French: “Musées du Vatican”
  • German: “Vatikanische Museen”
  • Hungarian: “Vatikáni Múzeumok”
  • Italian: “Musei Vaticani”
  • Japanese: “バチカン美術館”
  • Korean: “바티칸 박물관”
  • Polish: “Muzea Watykańskie”
  • Portuguese: “Museus Vaticanos”
  • Russian: “Музей Ватикана”
  • Spanish: “Museos Vaticanos”
  • Swedish: “Vatikanmuseerna”

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