Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Chiaramonti Museum: Loggia
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The loggia of the Chiaramonti Museum, which houses about a thousand sculptures. The museum is part of the Vatican Museums. The Vatican Museums are public galleries 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 Chiaramonti is named after Pope Pius VII, who was born Barnaba Chiaramonti, and founded it in the 19th century. A new wing (Braccio Nuovo) was added in 1822. Another part of the Chiaramonti, the lapidary gallery, contains over 3000 tablets and stone inscriptions, but is only open to scholars on request.
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