Vatican Museums in Rome

The Vatican Museums comprise a series of well-showcased sections filled with unmatched masterpieces produced by some of the world's greatest minds. The museums' art has been collected or commissioned by a long series of popes throughout the centuries. The complex includes the famous Sistine Chapel, with the restored fresco of Michelangelo's 'Last Judgement'.

Also, the Pinacoteca Vaticana is situated here, with its chambers housing pieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Caravaggio, Fra Angelico, Bellini and Titian. The Museo Gregoriano Egizio is filled with Egyptian art, while the Museo Pio-Clementino houses the famous Apollo Belvedere, or Pythian Apollothe.

There are also the Borgia Apartment; Gallery of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra; the Biblioteca Vaticana; Museo Gregoriano Profano; and the Sala delle Nozze Aldobrandini. As part of the Vatican Museums, the Museo Missionario Etnologico traces the history of the Roman Catholic missions, and the Museo Storico showcases the history of the military corps of the Vatican.