The octagonal courtyard of the vatican museums houses inside its wondrous architecture the laocoon and the apollo belvedere amongst other masterpieces.
Octagonal courtyard vatican museum. Skip the line at the entrance to the vatican museums and sistine chapel an expert guide will take you through the most famous attractions here including pinecone courtyard octagonal courtyard gallery of the muses round room greek cross room. Customer care team 1 800 267 7581 about us. Chiaramonti museum vatican museums. Behind the succession of terraced areas bramante realized another courtyard the octagonal courtyard named after its shape by clement xiv in 1772.
It s easy to skip this museum if you are on a fast track to the sistine chapel so if you want to see these vatican museum must sees you will need to make a decision to include this museum. Musea vaticana are christian art museums. Meeting of leo the great and attila vatican museums. Statues on top of the former entrance vatican museums.
Located in the pio clementine museum we can consider this part of the museum as ground zero. Final entry 08 00 p m all the extraordinary openings of the last sunday of the month are suspended. From monday to thursday 10 00 a m. The octagonal court used to be known as the cortile delle statue it was home to the first nucleus of antique classical statues in the pontifical collections when pope julius ii della rovere 1503 1513 displayed an extraordinary collection of antique sculpture here aimed at bringing once again to life the rome of the caesars in the rome of the popes.
More photos of rome. Apollo of belvedere vatican museums. Huge collection amazing choice 100 million high quality affordable rf and rm images. Peter s basilica guided tour.
Find the perfect octagonal courtyard vatican stock photo. Final entry 06 00 p m friday and saturday 10 00 a m. The octagonal courtyard in the pio clementine museums has more than one vatican museum must see. No need to register buy now.
Laocoon group vatican museum. 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. Octagonal courtyard vatican museums. Opening days and times from 1 st june 2020.
Visit the vatican museums and many others in these museums virtual tour.