Vatican Gallery of Maps

The Gallery of Maps is a gallery located on the west side of the in the containing a series of painted topographical maps of based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti.
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  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
  • …is also known as “Gallery of Maps”
  • Description: map-filled art museum in the Vatican
  • Postal code: 00120

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vatican Library and Sistine Chapel.
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The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known…
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The is a chapel in the… is situated 180 metres south of Vatican Gallery of Maps.
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. is situated 260 metres south of Vatican Gallery of Maps.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and North Rome.
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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.
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The Capitolium or , between the … is situated 2½ km southeast of Vatican Gallery of Maps.

Vatican Gallery of Maps

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Latitude
41.90451° or 41° 54′ 16″ north
Longitude
12.45421° or 12° 27′ 15″ east
Open location code
8FHJWF33+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10774102205
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
12214116
Wiki­data ID
Q634691

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Vatican Gallery of Maps” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “地图廊”
  • Chinese: “地圖廊”
  • Dutch: “Kaartengalerij”
  • French: “Galerie des cartes géographiques”
  • German: “Galerie der Landkarten”
  • Indonesian: “Galeri Peta Vatikan”
  • Italian: “Galleria delle Carte Geografiche”
  • Japanese: “地図の間”
  • Russian: “Галерея географических карт”
  • Spanish: “Galería de los Mapas”
  • Turkish: “Galleria delle carte geografiche”
  • Turkish: “Roma Harita Galerisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Галерея географічних карт”

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