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Funerary Monument to Pope Urban VIII

27/7/2019

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Funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII by Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII (det.)

Veronica's Veil

26/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

St Veronica by Francesco Mochi

One of the Shortest Reigning Popes

25/7/2019

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Funerary monument of Pope Leo Xl, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Funerary monument to Pope Leo Xl by Alessandro Algardi

Gallery of Maps

24/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Gallery of Maps

Death of a Dynasty

23/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Monument to the Royal Stuarts by Canova, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

Funerary Monument to the Stuarts (det.) by Antonio Canova

The School of Athens by Raphael

22/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Museums, Rome

The School of Athens by Raphael

Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican Library

21/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican Library by Melozzo da Forli

Funerary Monument of Pope Sixtus IV

20/7/2019

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Funerary monument of Pope Sixtus IV

Where and How a New Pope is Elected

19/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Conclave, 2013

The Gregorian Calendar

18/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XIII

The Emperor Who Never Aged

17/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Augustus of Prima Porta, Vatican Museums, Rome

Augustus of Prima Porta (det.)

Rome's Two Patron Saints

16/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

St Peter by Giuseppe de Fabris

St Paul by Adamo Tadolini

Wind-Rose & Sundial

15/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Wind-rose marker

The Thirteen Colossal Statues Which Crown the Facade of St Peter's Basilica

14/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

A statue of Christ the Redeemer crowns the facade of St Peter's Basilica, Rome

St John the Baptist, Christ the Redeemer & St Andrew

Two Clocks by Valadier

13/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

St Peter's Basilica

The Two Fountains in St Peter's Square

12/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Fountain by Carlo Maderno

Bernini's Baldacchino

11/7/2019

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Baldacchino by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome

The Baldacchino

Death on the Nile

10/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

The Braschi Antinous, Vatican Museums-Rome

The Braschi Antinous (det.)

Borgia Apartment: Frescoes by Pinturicchio

9/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Resurrection, fresco by Pinturicchio, Borgia Apartment, Vatican Museums, Rome

The Resurrection

Urbi e Orbi: To the City and to the World

8/7/2019

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Benediction loggia

The Prince of the Apostles!

7/7/2019

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Inscription to Pope Paul V

Room of the Immaculate Conception

6/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Proclamation of Dogma of Immaculate Conception by Francesco Podesti, Vatican Museums

Proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Francesco Podesti

Fountain of the Pine Cone

5/7/2019

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Bronze pine cone

Becoming Gods

4/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina

Tapestries by Pieter Van Aelst

3/7/2019

Private Tours of the Vatican Museums

Christ's Charge to Peter, Tapestry by Pieter van Aelst, Vatican Museums, Rome

Christ's Charge to Peter (Tapestry), 466 x 634 cm.

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Funerary Monument to Pope Urban VIII

Veronica's Veil

One of the Shortest Reigning Popes

Gallery of Maps

Death of a Dynasty

The School of Athens by Raphael

Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican Library

Funerary Monument of Pope Sixtus IV

Where and How a New Pope is Elected

The Gregorian Calendar

The Emperor Who Never Aged

Rome's Two Patron Saints

Wind-Rose & Sundial

The Thirteen Colossal Statues Which Crown the Facade of St Peter's Basilica

Two Clocks by Valadier

The Two Fountains in St Peter's Square

Bernini's Baldacchino

Death on the Nile

Borgia Apartment: Frescoes by Pinturicchio

Urbi e Orbi: To the City and to the World

The Prince of the Apostles!

Room of the Immaculate Conception

Fountain of the Pine Cone

Becoming Gods

Tapestries by Pieter Van Aelst

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