Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Raphael Rooms: Room of the Fire in the Borgo: Coronation of Charlemagne
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Multiple photos are associated with this record. Please click the links to view all of the items in the series. The images are of a painting (fresco) within The Room of the Fire in the Borgo (Stanza dell' Incendio del Borgo; or, Room of Fire), which is one of four Raphael Rooms that are part of the Vatican Museums. 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. The Raphael Rooms (known in Italian as the Stanze), which precede the Sistine Chapel on a tour of the Vatican Museums, were the private chambers of several popes. The paintings in the Rooms, designed by the master but completed over 15 years (1508-1524) primarily by Raphael's pupils, depict historic events that are framed in exuberant High Renaissance style. This room was named for its most famous painting. The subject of photo is, however, "The Coronation of Charlemagne" (1516-1517), and is one that was completed with the help of Raphael's workshop. Emperor Charlemagne's coronation in 800 was one of the most significant events during the pontificate of Leo III. Set in Old St. Peter's, as shown by the barrel vault in the left background, the king of the Franks is crowned by Leo III (whose features are those of Leo X, who was pope at the time of the painting). Charlemagne's compatriots are the excited figures gesturing in the left foreground.
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