The Vatican City is an independent state within the Rome city in Italy and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a place where The Pope resides. The Vatican City history is related to the Vatican museum tour which holds prestigious and important ancient Roman scriptures and sculptures created by artists like Bernini, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Appeared in the movie Angels and Demons of Tom Hanks, and many other exorcist movies. Enjoy the city visit by taking Vatican tours.
The Vatican city history was commenced as the seat of the Catholic Church since the 4th century A.D. Before The Vatican was considered the main center for pilgrimage, the Papal was operating from France up to 13th century till it was moved to the Vatican. Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Apostolic Palace were built during the period when The Vatican was chosen as the headquarters of the Catholic Church. Emperor Constantine, I built the St. Peter’s Basilica which had become an important pilgrimage since then. Vatican tours include visiting the church, chapel, and the Vatican museum tour. The Vatican was declared as the City State on February 11th, 1929.
The Vatican was known for The Vatican Museum tour. The Vatican museum connected many buildings within the area of 100 acres through balconies and corridors. Inside the galleries, you find paintings and artworks of several legendary artists like Bernini, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Take an entire day to visit the Vatican city and bask in the history and art of the city. Vatican Tours includes sightseeing the following sites.
The Vatican city history has many galleries, Sistine Chapel, Egyptian museum, and many other sections that you can take a look at. They have collections of masterpieces of artworks, paintings, sculptures, Pope’s collections of documents and art over many centuries.
Take Vatican museum tour of The Sistine Chapel, Originally constructed as a hall to hold Papal meetings. The Chapel was built in the 14th century to ward off the evils and threats of the Muhammeds and Turks who were invading Italy. The Chapel’s ceiling was painted by Michelangelo. It has decorative walls, and many painters were summoned to paint the walls of the Chapel. The artworks inside the Chapel signify Renaissance art. Through art and painting, it tells the story of Moses and Jesus Christ.
The paintings of Michelangelo has many hidden messages about the human anatomy through the paintings in the times where religion opposed science, these messages spoke about a different take about the creation of human life as opposed to what was depicted by the Church. The ‘Creation of Adam’ and ‘The Last Judgement’ are the most celebrated paintings inside the Sistine Chapel.
17 Euro (Vatican Museum + Sistine Chapel)
Inside the Palace of the Vatican, there are 4 rooms known as Raphael’s rooms collectively. They showcase all the art and frescos done by the artist Raphael. These were the rooms where the Pope stayed and had them painted by the artist Raphael after being miffed by Michelangelo for hiding messages that go against the faith of the Church in the Sistine Chapel.
Originally this museum was inside the Lateran Palace and later shifted to the Vatican. This is a museum that contains spiritual documents from various parts of the world, the ancient traditions and ceremonies from China, India, Japan, Middle East, Greece, and Rome. It also has a collection of artworks from various countries in the world. Here you can also find some facts about Vatican city history.
Down the hall of tapestries in the Sistine Chapel. The ceilings of these halls are hand painted by artists and have a story to tell. Each room has fascinating paintings by Raphael. These tapestries were made in wool, silk, and woven in the golden and silver thread, depict parts of the life of Jesus Christ.
The ceiling of this gallery is ornate with the most intricate work of Renaissance art. This gallery contains maps from the 16th century painted to a life-size and displayed on the walls. These maps contain fascinating details like the sea creatures, Roman Gods of the sea, mountain ranges, boats, Neptune, and all the things in sight during the 15th and 16th century. You can get lost looking at the finer details of all the maps displayed in this gallery. Don’t miss these places under the Vatican museum tour.
Once upon a time Popes lived inside these apartments which are now converted to a museum. Now the Vatican Museums tour is available. The Borgia Apartment, Raphael’s Rooms, and Apartment of Pius V are the rooms you can visit and take a glimpse at the private lives the Popes led here. Paintings inside these rooms are a feast to the eyes. One of the best things to see on your Vatican tours.
This is a 7kms long art gallery that displays the important masterpieces of Italian artists such as, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and many other artists from the 12th to 19th century. There are more than 400 paintings from different artists in this gallery.
The courtyard of this gallery is particularly interesting. It has a 13-foot pinecone installed in bronze that was taken from the Pantheon. It has a symbolic meaning of a pineal gland, a place of birth of insights and enlightenment. In pagan cults, a pine cone has this symbolic meaning. This giant pinecone was built in 1 BCE and was then used as a fountain where the water came out of the cone leaves. Do visit this places on your Vatican tours.
Only a few scholars who want to study specific areas are allowed into the library to access only those sections that they want to study. The Vatican has always been surrounded by controversies and theories regarding knowledge about time travel, aliens, and archives that contain many more forbidden secrets of the Earth and the world beyond. The Vatican city history and Secret archives inside the Vatican library contain top secrets that nobody is allowed access to.
There are many theories that point out that the archives contain the exact location of The Holy Grail, and many other relics in the Bible such as the Noah’s Ark, and the Arc of Covenant. There are many hypotheses that point out that the archives contain the details of the bloodline of Jesus Christ. You can get a lot of scoop about the Vatican and its secret archives from the Dan Brown novels.
There are many theories regarding the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is a chalice from which Jesus drank wine during the Last Supper. This is more of an allegory to many theorists, who claim that the chalice is actually a symbolic to contain the blood, rather the bloodline of Jesus Christ, and one of the persons painted in the Last Supper is Virgin Mary who was carrying the child of Jesus. You will find references about the Holy Grail in many of the Indiana Jones movies and Dan Brown novels. The actual location of the Holy Grail is still unknown and a mystery to the world.
The Vatican Courtyard is divided into three sections, Pigna, Biblioteca, and Belvedere. The Pigna part has a 13-foot pinecone in the courtyard and has many pavilions and many statues that you can admire for their sculpture.
This is the Vatican Church that stands to impose on the grounds of the Vatican City. It is also the tomb of the first apostle St. Peter. This is one of the largest churches built on this Earth. Berning, Michelangelo, and Maderno built this church. Inside this church, you will find the traditional Latin Cross and many life-size statues of saints.
The months between May and October are the best time to visit the Vatican City as the museums and tourist places are open till 11 pm in the night. It is less crowded during these months and the weather is pleasant for you to spend many hours exploring various sections of the Vatican city.
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