Rome, Italy - 2020 Trip Historic Rome: Day Two – Vatican Museums, Vatican City – Part Two
During the autumn of 2020 I made a short trip for 5 days over to the city of Rome, Italy. At the time, due to the covid pandemic, flights and hotels were pretty cheap as tourism was virtually nonexistent in mainland Europe, Italy was one of the few places you could travel to with precaution and I must add everything went really smooth once I was there! temperature checks were in place at all attractions and masks were worn in public places during the day, everything felt safe and clean.
I had pre-booked tickets to some of the places I wanted to visit and in the end the trip turned out to be a kind of ‘historic Rome’ sightseeing tour! Italy on a whole is a fascinating place and Rome is like the centre hub of it all! this was not my first visit to Rome and as usual I can thoroughly recommend it – enjoy the photos! 🙂
Stone bath tub in the Cortile Ottagono - Vatican MuseumsPerseus Triumphant - Perseus holding the head of the Medusa in the Cortile Ottagono - Vatican MuseumsDecorative stone bath tub in the Cortile Ottagono - Vatican MuseumsDecorative stone bath tub in the Cortile Ottagono - Vatican MuseumsAncient Roman Nobility's Polished Granite Bathtub in the Cortile Ottagono - Vatican MuseumsThe Cortile Ottagono - Vatican MuseumsThe domed ceiling of the Pius and Clementine’s Museum - Vatican MuseumsThis mosaic with a bust of Athena in the middle was discovered in a Roman villa and dates back to the 1st century B.C., seen in the Pius and Clementine’s Museum - Vatican MuseumsThe beautiful entrance to the Hall of Maps (Gallery of Maps) - Vatican MuseumsMy favourite room of the whole Vatican Museum! the Hall of Maps (or 'Gallery of Maps'), in this 120 meter long room, 40 large maps of different regions of Italy can be seen on the walls that date back to the 16th century and the ceiling is simply jaw dropping! - Vatican MuseumsThe frescos on the left side are maps from the east of Italy, on the right side from the west of Italy. Italy didn’t actually exist at the time of the paintings, all these maps were imagined at the time! - Vatican MuseumsGeographer Ignazio Danzi made the frescoes with the maps from about 1581 to 1583, this one of Italy represents it as it was imagined in the 16th century - Vatican MuseumsThe detail of the Hall of Maps is actually overwhelming, this tiny fraction of the curved ceiling is a great example - so much too see in this one tiny space! - Vatican MuseumsIn the Gallery of the Tapestries or Galleria Degli Arazzi you will find this huge & spectacular tapestry of The Resurrection of Christ by Raphael c. 1519 - Vatican MuseumsThe Life of Urban VIII series by Barberini manufacture c. 1665-1666 - Vatican MuseumsSegreteria di Stato Vaticana - Vatican MuseumsSegreteria di Stato Vaticana - Vatican MuseumsSegreteria di Stato Vaticana - Vatican MuseumsInside the Paintings Gallery of the Vatican Museums you will find the priceless works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and other famous masters, I have plenty of photo's from here but have selected these Raphael's as they were the most prominent! - Vatican Museums'The Transfiguration' by Raphael was painted just before he died in 1520. He was buried in the Pantheon. This painting accompanied his funeral - Vatican MuseumsTapestry of the Leonardo da Vinci's last supper - Vatican MuseumsThe building that houses the Paintings Gallery of the Vatican Museums - Vatican MuseumsThe last thing you do before leave the exit of the Vatican Museum is walk down these amazing steps, the Bramante Staircase, designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932 - Vatican MuseumsThe exit door of the Vatican Museums - Vatican MuseumsCorner of the 39-foot-tall Leonine Wall, the historic fortifications that form the boundary of the Vatican City - Vatican Museums
