Vatican City, the world’s smallest country is located just north of Rome’s city center and is home to the extraordinary Vatican Museums.

The vast group of Christian museums showcases a noteworthy collection of artworks that have been amassed by various popes throughout the centuries. This includes several of the most significant masterpieces of Renaissance, art and some of the most renowned Roman sculptures in the world.

All together there are 54 galleries, better known as sales, containing approximately 70,000 important works, of which 20,000 are displayed. The last stop on the museum route is none other than the Sistine Chapel, with its famous ceiling decorated by the legendary Michelangelo.

Viale Vaticano, 00165, Rome, Italy, Phone: +39-06-69-88-46-76

Campo de Fiori Casina Delle Civette Colosseum Galleria Borghese Galleria Sciarra Keats Shelley Memorial House Meridian Line of the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs Museo Nazionale delle Pasta Alimentari (National Pasta Museum) Pantheon Piazza Venezia Pyramid of Cestius Quartiere Coppede Roman Forum Santa Maria Della Concezione Spanish Steps St. Peter’s Basilica The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus The Roman Guy Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary) Katie Parla Trevi Fountain Vatican Museums Casa Mia Villa Borghese Gardens Zuccari Palace

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