Vatican Museums

The entire museum area has 12 galleries and 5 corridors to store and display masterpieces of 2 painters Raphael, Michelangelo and a collection of Roman, Greek, and Egyptian civilizations.

In the museum area, the most famous is the Sistina chapel built under Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere in the late 15th century. This is also where the Cardinals met to elect a new Pope and where the ceremony took place. summit meetings between the Pope and heads of state. But above all, there are two paintings "Generation of the Century" and "Last Judgment" by Michelangelo painted on the ceiling and on the wall. Since its birth, four hundred years later, the two paintings still make the world wonder and admire. Michelangelo spent exactly 4 years (1508 - 1512) to paint scenes from the book "Generation of the Century" on the ceiling of the Sixtina chapel and had to lie on a wooden truss with his face up to the ceiling to paint.

In addition to the precious masterpieces of painting and sculpture hundreds of years ago, the Vatincan museum also attracts visitors by its spiral staircase and endless arches decorated with hundreds of paintings. fussily.

Every year, the Vatican Museums attract millions of visitors to admire the architectural masterpieces, sculptures and paintings that have existed intact for centuries.

Business hours:

Monday - Saturday: 9am - 6pm (ticket office closes at 4pm).
Sunday: closed except the last Sunday of the month: 9am – 2pm. (ticket office closes at 12:30pm).
January 1, 6: closed
February 11 : closed
February 22: closed

February 19, 28: closed
June 29: closed
August 15: closed

November 1st: closed

December 8, 26: closed

Fare:

Adult: 16€ (US$17.5)
Children (6 – 18 years old): 8€ (US$8.7)
Student (19 – 26 years old): 8€ (US$8.7)