Vatican City, Italy (Enclave of Rome): Vatican Museums: Crowd Outside Sistine Chapel
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Sheppard, Beth M.
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May 20, 2017
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Italy , Vatican City , Rome , Vatican Museums , Musei Vaticani , Art Museums , Sacred Art , Church Art , Sistine Chapel , Crowds , Tourists
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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 the crowd waiting to tour the Sistine Chapel, the final stop in 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.
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0