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They represent the greatest
collection of antiques in the world. You can admire works of
extraordinary artistic interest through 7 kilometres. To reach their new
entrance, inaugurated by the Pope the 7th of February 2000, starting
from "Piazza S. Pietro" you can go to "Piazza Risorgimento" through the
right arcade, then you can pass through "via Leone IV" and "viale
Vaticano". This new entrance consists of a great helicoidal ramp,165
metres high, recalling the Louvre's pyramid, and has the aim of forming
one-way only to avoid slowings and queues. The Vatican Museums are
expanding on four levels and on an area of 10.000 square metres. The
first works, which are kept here, date back to the Renaissance; since
then on, Popes continued and completed to gather and to select the
greatest treasures of art. They are divided in several sections. You can
start from the Egyptian museum, which occupies ten rooms, then you can
see the Chiaramonti museum, where about one thousand Greek and Roman
sculptures are shwed.In the lapidary gallery there are thousands of
inscriptions which make in the richest one in the world. In the Pio
Clementino museum, besides numerous Roman sculptures, which are copies
of famous Greek original ones, like the Laocoonte, you can admire the
bronze "Amazzone ferita" and some works by A. Canova, like the "Perseo".
The Etruscan museum keeps objects coming from Etruria excavations and
private donations in addition to Roman works and a collection of Greek
vases. Among the most remarkable pieces there are those coming from the
famous Cerveteri tomb. The Raffaello's rooms are a fixed stop in the
Vatican Museums: they are so called because keep frescoes by the famous
artist. In the room of the Segnatura, which was the Giulio II's study,
you can find the "Disputa del SS. Sacramento", the "Scuola di Atene" and
the "Parnaso". In the Constantine's room there are some frescoes by
Master's pupils. Going on, you can see the Raffaello's loggia decorated
with scenes of the Old and New Testament; it was begun by Bramante and
completed by Raffaello. A little bit further, there are Chiaroscuri's
room, the ceiling of which is decorated with Raffaello's designs, the
Nicolina Chapel with frescoes by Beato Angelico and the Borgia's flat
decorated nearly in full by Pinturicchio's frescoes. The collection of
modern religious art occupies 55 rooms and consists of about 800
paintings and religious sculptures. The Sistina Chapel, recently
restored, was completed in 1480. You can admire, on its left side,
scenes of Mosè's life, and, on its right side, scenes of Christ's life.
Its vault was decorated by Michelangelo who painted also the famous
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