Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Exterior View 1
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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20-May-17
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Italy , Vatican City , Rome , Vatican Museums , Musei Vaticani , Art Museums , Sacred Art , Church Art
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Exterior view of the Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani). These are public museums that display about 20,000 of 70K works collected by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries. The museums were founded by Pope Julius II in the early 16th century. Only the Louvre in France receives more annual visitors than the Vatican Museums. The museums consist of 24 galleries, with the Sistine Chapel being the last room visited.
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0