Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Pio Clementino Museum: Hall of the Chariot
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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20-May-19
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Italy , Vatican City , Rome , Vatican Museums , Musei Vaticani , Pio Clementino Museum , Museo Pio Clementino , Musei di Scultura , Sculpture Museums , Art Museums , Sacred Art , Church Art , Greek Antiquities , Roman Antiquities , Statuary , Hall of the Chariot , Chariot Room , Sala Della Biga , Room of the Biga , Athletics in Art , Discus Throwing in Art , Discobolus in Art , Chariot Racing in Art
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Photo of the Hall of the Chariot within the Pio Clementino Museum, which is 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 Pio Clementino Museum is the largest complex of the Vatican Museums. It is named after its founders, Pope Clement XIV and Pope Pius VI. Its twelve rooms contain the most important Greek and Roman masterpieces. The Hall of the Chariot is also known as the Chariot Room; Sala della Biga; Room of the Biga. This room contains statues and sarcophagi that depict athletic competitions and circus games, including discus throwing, wrestling, and chariot races. The central marble from the 1st century CE is the "Cassa di Biga," which is a chariot pulled by two horses. A discobolus, or statue of a discus thrower, is on the left.
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