The Gallery of the Maps contains forty 16th century maps of the different parts of Italy frescoed onto the walls along the long corridor. It also has a very impressive ceiling.
A professional photographer
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Vatican Museum : Gallery of Tapestries
The Gallery of the Tapestries has two sets of tapestries from the 15th and 17th century; one showing gospel scenes from the life of Jesus done by Raphael's students and the other set are scenes from the life of Pope Urban VIII.
The Massacre of the Innocents
The Resurrection of Christ
It took 9 years to finish just one tapestry. They are made from the most precious materials like gold thread, silk, silver thread and wool.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Vatican Museum : Etruscan Museum
We walked quickly past this Etruscan Museum as we wanted to concentrate on the other parts of the museum.
Mars of Todi
Vatican Museum : Pio-Clementine Museum
The finest of the Vatican's Classical statues are on display here. Unfortunately certain sections of the museum were closed.
The Belvedere Torso
An ancient sculpture most admired by artists
Discobolus
We bought a replica of this as a souvenir when we were in Athens
The Goddess of Fertility
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Vatican Museum : The Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian collection contains finds from 19th and 20th century excavations in Egypt and those that were brought back to Rome during the Imperial times.
This mummy dates back to 1000 BC
Osiris
God Anubis
the god of mummification who guided the dead to the underworld clad in a Roman toga
Queen Tuya wife of Sethi
mother of Ramses II
Musei Vaticani
A visit to Rome is incomplete without visiting the Vatican Museum. We decided that we must visit the museum again
Statue of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael
August 2013
We were here in June 2004
Roma Termini
Our hotel is just about 300 m from the Termini metro station. We took the metro from here to the Ottaviano station to go to the Vatican Museum. We did not buy tickets online because we were not sure of our itinerary.
Walking to the museum
It is easy to find as there are signs everywhere. Or just follow the crowd.
The long queue for the tickets
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