Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Some places to visit in Vatican

Vatican Hill
Summary:''Vatican Hill'' (in Latin, ''Vaticanus Mons'') is the name given, long before the founding of Christianity, to one of the hills on the side of the Tiber opposite the traditional seven hills of Rome. It may have been the site of an Etruscan town called ''Vaticum''.

Vatican Museums
Summary:The Vatican Museums (Italian: ''Musei Vaticani'') are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century. The Sistine Chapel and the Stanze della Segnatura decorated by Raphael are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums.

Apostolic Palace
Summary:The Apostolic Palace, also called the Papal Palace or the Palace of the Vatican, is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. The palace is a complex of buildings, comprising the Papal Apartment, the Catholic Church's government offices, a handful of chapels, the Vatican Museum and the Vatican library.

Vatican Observatory
Summary:The Vatican Observatory (''Specola Vaticana'') is the astronomical research and educational institution of the Holy See. The headquarters of the observatory are located at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, sharing the summer residence of the Pope. The dependent Vatican Observatory Research Group is hosted in the Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona.

Sala Regia (Vatican)
Summary:The Sala Regia (Regal Room) is a state hall of the Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City. Although not intended as such, this broad room is really an antechamber to the Sistine Chapel, reached by the Scala Regia. To the left of the entrance formerly stood the papal throne, which is now at the opposite side before the door leading to the Cappella Paolina.

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