Belvedere Courtyard Vatican Museum

That courtyard called the belvedere courtyard was meant to link the vatican palace where the pope lived with the villa belvedere a sort of pleasure resort with a nice view of rome hence its name belvedere today the villa belvedere has been turned into part of the vatican museums.

Belvedere courtyard vatican museum. That unique artifact the belvedere torso a marble sculpture dating from the 1st century bc or ad is hosted by museo pio clementino of the vatican museums and can be seen displayed fittingly in the room of the muses right between the octagonal courtyard and the round room. Citation needed conceived as a single enclosed space the. In 1565 pope pius iv held here a festival event in honour of the wedding of his nephew. The construction of cortile del belvedere led to several developments of outstanding structures in the vatican city.

The octagonal courtyard of the vatican museums houses inside its wondrous architecture the laocoon and the apollo belvedere amongst other masterpieces. Behind the succession of terraced areas bramante realized another courtyard the octagonal courtyard named after its shape by clement xiv in 1772. Final entry 08 00 p m all the extraordinary openings of the last sunday of the month are suspended. Belvedere apollo when he was elected pope as julius ii 1503 1513 the statues was transferred to the vatican where it has remained since at least 1508.

The cortile del belvedere belvedere courtyard or belvedere court was a major architectural work of the high renaissance at the vatican palace in rome designed by donato bramante from 1505 onward its concept and details reverberated in courtyard design formalized piazzas and garden plans throughout western europe for centuries. The courtyard is named after the huge bronze pine cone that is installed in a large exedra built by pirro ligorio. The god apollo moves forward majestically and seems to have just released an arrow from the bow which he originally carried in his left hand. It symbolizes the fragility and complexity of the world this fascinating statue is located in the courtyard of the pine cone outside the vatican museum.

Opening days and times from 1 st june 2020. The design of the internal layers seems to imitate the gears or cogwheels of a complex machine such as a clock. Final entry 06 00 p m friday and saturday 10 00 a m. Initially it was called belvedere courtyard although is best known as the courtyard of statues because it was designed to accommodate the collection of ancient statues of pope julius ii his prestigious collection included famous pieces such.

The cortile del belvedere courtyard was used for several occasions due to its spectacular design and atmosphere. Each tremendous sphere is broken showing yet another cracking sphere.