Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums

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The Creation of Adam (Michelangelo) (0.00 km)

'The Creation of Adam is a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti circa 1511. It illustrates the Biblical...
Apollo Belvedere (0.00 km)

With or without the fig leaf, the marble Apollo in the Vatican’s Palazzo Belvedere is one of the most famous statues ever made. Created in the 3rd...
Laocoon and his Sons (0.22 km)

This white marble sculpture, attributed to Rhodian sculptors Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus and re-discovered in in 1506, is a famous depiction...
Vatican Museums (0.48 km)

The Vatican Museums show world-renowned collections of ancient sculpture, medieval and Renaissance art. They include the Sistine Chapel, the Galleria...
St Peters Basilica (0.48 km)

The most famous church in the world, St Peters is one of four great papal basilicas in Rome, and the place of pilgrimage for all good Catholics - the...
The Pantheon (2.25 km)

Nothing less than a global icon, Rome's noble Pantheon was built during the beginning of the 2nd Century and its powerful Classical architecture...
The Roman Forum (2.88 km)

The Roman Forum is a must visit site at any time of day - the ancient Roman market place, centre of Imperial power, location of the Senate (still...
Rome (3.49 km)

Rome is my favourite city in the world. It's not an easy city to appreciate at first try, being noisy, dusty, and often hot and crowded. But in every...
The Colosseum (3.62 km)

The most famous symbol of Rome, despite the crowds and the touts still one of the world's greatest monuments.
Basilica of St. John Lateran (4.96 km)

Rome’s oldest and most important basilica, San Giovanni in Laterano is still active and regarded as the mother church of the Catholic religion. As...