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Nucleus, a collection of ancient sculptures, was established by Julius II (1503-13). The idea of the museum was conceived by Clement XIII (1758-69), who with the assistance of Winckelmann had set up the Profane Museum. With Clement XIV (1769-74) and Pius VI (1775-99) was the Pio Clementino Museum in 1807-10 and, under Pius VII, is prepared by Canova Museum Chiaramonti. In 1822 will open the New Wing. By Gregory XVI will open in 1837 the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Gregorian Egyptian in 1839, in 1844 the Lateran Profane (Gregorian Profane today) and then the Pio Christian. In the early decades of the 900 are set up the Ethnological Missionary Museum and Art Gallery opened to the public. In 1973 Paul VI opened the Historical Museum and the Collection of Modern Religious Art. Pio Clementino Museum - Collects specimens of ancient sculpture as the Apollo Belvedere (130-140 AD), the group of Laocoon (I cent. AD) Apollo and Venus Sauroktonos Cnidus, the colossal head of Jupiter. Noteworthy are two porphyry sarcophagus of Constance and St. Helena, Constantine's mother and daughter, respectively. Chiaramonti Museum - home to many Roman sculptures, like the statue of Ganymede, a colossal head of Athena, a portrait of Tiberius, a relief with the Three Graces (I cent. AD). In the Lapidary Gallery raccoltenumerose are pagan and Christian inscriptions and statues in the Braccio Nuovo wound as the Amazon, the Doryphorus, the enormous statue of Nile, the Augustus of Prima Porta. Gregorian Etruscan Museum - Contains numerous exhibits coming mainly from the nineteenth century excavations carried out in southern Etruria, like the tomb-Regolini Galassi. Exposed some sarcophagi and a rich collection of Greek vases, Etruscan and Italic. To note the sepulchral stele bilingual Todi with dual registration, in Latin and Gallic (second century BC.). Gregorian Egyptian Museum - Designed by an early Italian Egyptologists, Ungarelli father, a collection of statues of deities or characters of the royal family, as his mother and sister of Ramses II, sarcophagi, mummies and funerary items of furniture. Also rebuilt the statuary decoration of Villa Adriana in Tivoli. Gregorian Profane Museum - Exhibits Greek and Roman sculptures as three fragments of the Parthenon in Athens, the head of Athena (460 BC), the Altar of Vicomagistri (I cent. AD) and two large reliefs depicting the arrival of Vespasian in Rome Departure of the Emperor Domitian. Present some sarcophagi with mythological subjects. Among the copies stands bronze group of Athena and Marsyas. Pio Christian Museum - collects materials from excavations of the Roman catacombs, a number of sarcophagi (III-V cent. AD), including a cast of Junius Bassus sarcophagus and the statue of the Good Shepherd (third century. AD). Missionary Ethnological Museum - Documents the events and religious cults of other continents. Of great importance Aztec sculpture of the fifteenth century. The Indian sculptures of Hindu deities, ritual masks from Oceania and Africa. Collection of Modern Religious Art - housed in the halls of the Borgia Apartment, decorated by Pinturicchio, featuring works by Rosai, Boccioni, Balla, De Chirico, Guttuso Manzù. Superior Galleries - The Gallery of the Candelabra collect archaeological material from the Roman era, such as the sculptural group of Ganymede and the Eagle (II cent. AD) and the statue of Artemis. The Tapestry Gallery exhibits Flemish tapestries (XVI century). Er Oman (seventeenth century).. The Gallery of Maps displays 40 panels dedicated to the territory of Italy carried out in 1580-83. Museum of the Vatican Library - hosts several examples of sacred art: the Aldobrandini Wedding Hall, with frescos of Roman times the Room of the papyri, gilded glass with the early Christian period, the Sistine Hall with frescoes by Cesare Nebbia and other artists, the Salt Pauline; Hall and Alexandrine Clementine Gallery, with sketches by Bernini. Picture Gallery - contains works dating from the twelfth to the eighteenth century., Made by Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Giotto, Beato Angelico, Masolino from Panicale, Filippo Lippi, Perugino, Pinturicchio, Titian, Veronese, Giulio Romano, Ludovico Carracci, Caravaggio (Deposition of Christ), Poussin, G. Reni, Guercino, O. Gentileschi. Complaints also used clay models for the sculptures by Bernini's Chapel of the Sacrament and the Chair of St. Peter and tapestries made in Brussels on 10 drawings by Raphael. INFO Address: Viale Vaticano, 100 Phone: +39 06 69884947 - 69884676 info - 6982 Fax: 0039 06 69885100 prEN. Guided tours. HOURS: from 8.30 to 18.00 The ticket office closes at 16.00 Closed Sunday except last Sunday of the month Closed January 1 and 6, February 11, March 19, Easter Monday, 1 and May 22, 14 and August 15, November 1, 8 and 25-26. Notes: Open the last Sunday of every month with free admission 8:30 to 14:00 hours (last entry 12.30), provided it falls at Easter, June 29, 25 or 26 December. Vatican Historical Museum: Visiting hours: 9:00 to 10:00 - 11.00 - 12.00 from Monday to Saturday. For visits not need reservation. Closed Sundays. Observes the same closure of the Vatican Museums. PRICES Full: € 14.00 Reduced: € 8.00 Discounts: - € 8.00: Students aged 6 to 14, students aged 14 to 26 years in possession of valid document student;-school classes during the school year, with the list written on letterhead of the Institute;-groups of pilgrims permission of its diocese endorsed by the Curia; - € 4.00 for schoolchildren and the Province of Rome during the months of November-December-Jan-Feb; Free: children between 1 and 6 years, most disabled companion - the last Sunday of each month and September 27. The ticket entitles the Vatican Museums to visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel only on the day of issue and can visit within the next 5 days (including the day of issue), the Historical Museum and the Noble Flat Lateran Apostolic Palace in the Piazza San John Lateran. Free admission last Sunday of the month GUIDED TOURS FOR INDIVIDUALS: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel (2 hours). From November to February every weekday at 10:30 am from March to October: Mon-Fri. h. 10:30 to 12:00 - 14.00 (English) pm, Sat. h. 10.30 (in English) - 11.30 (in Italian). Rates: Adults € 23.50 Concessions € 18.50; Fax 06.69884019 Vatican Gardens (2 hours). From November to February on Saturday h. 11.00; from March to October every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11:00 am Rates: Adults € 18.00 Concessions € 14.00. Reservations required: fax: 06. 69884019, e-mail: @ visiteguidate.musei scv.va specifying the name, day, number of participants and what you want to see (Vatican Gardens) Info tel. 06. 69884676 Departures from Door Tours. Tickets can be purchased that morning. GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel (2 hours) Every weekday with advance reservation Rates: Adults € 23.50 Concessions € 18.50 Vatican Gardens and Sistine Chapel (3 hours) Every weekday, except Wednesday, with advance Rates entire € 26.50 Concessions € 17.50 Vatican Gardens (2 hours) All weekdays except Wednesday with advance Rates: Adults € 12.00 Concessions € 8.00 Reservations required: fax 06.69885100. Info tel. 06.69883145 Departures from Door Tours. Tickets can be purchased that morning. Visit to the Sistine Chapel: For groups led by licensed guides of Rome entry is from 8.00 to 8.45. Educational visits for schools: Information and prEN tel. 06 69884947 For more information call +39 060608 or visit http://mv.vatican.va/2_IT/pages/MV_Home.html ITINERARIES The Opera Romana organizes pilgrimages to various initiatives, both pilgrims and tourists on board Open bus or on foot, designed to explore the cultural and religious heritage of Vatican City. Itineraries: - Inside the Vatican: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel "no row" + St. Peter's Basilica and Tombs of the Popes - St. Peter's Basilica and Tombs of the Popes - St. John Lateran Initiatives "Christian Rome" are also on sale at the PIT and tourist card holders Roma Pass and Roma & Più Pass is a discount of 10%. For details go to www.orpnet.org or www.josp.com

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