Saint Peter’s Basilica, or San Pietro in Vaticano as it’s also known, was built between 1506 and 1626 on the site of ...

This archaeological area is an outstanding example of an ancient Roman burial ground. The word “necropolis”, from the...

Saint John's Tower (Italian: Torre San Giovanni) is a round structure located on a hilltop in the westernmost tip of ...

Are some of the largest museums in the world with an enormous collection that varies from ancient Roman and Egyptian ...

The Simonetti Staircase (also called Snail Staircase or Momo staircase) is the Vatican’s well-known and most photogra...

One of the most important Vatican collections of ancient inscriptions is that of the Jewish Lapidarium, which was tra...

The Museum was founded in 1854 by Pius IX in the Lateran Palace, and was intended to house evidence of the Christian ...

The Gregoriano Profano Museum was founded in the Lateran Apostolic Palace at the behest of Gregory XVI Cappellari on ...

The Lapidary Gallery, home to the richest lapidary collection in the Vatican, occupies the southern part of the long ...

The nucleus of the pontifical collections of classical sculpture dates back to the original collection of pope Julius...

Founded on the initiative of Pope Gregory XVI in 1839, the Gregorian Egyptian Museum occupies nine rooms, with a broa...

The new Vatican Pinacoteca (Art Gallery) was inaugurated on 27 October 1932 in the building especially constructed by...