Guided tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican Rome: purchase of tickets - Musei Vaticani, Viale Vaticano, 6 - Roma
Guided tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican Rome: purchase of tickets: € 25 per person.
This ticket allows you to discover the art, culture and devotion of Rome on this guided tour of the Vatican which includes a reserved seat at the papal audience.
Meet your guide for a small introduction to the history of the Vatican and St. Peter's Basilica and take your seat in St. Peter's Square to attend the papal audience on Wednesday! A great opportunity to meet devotees and pilgrims and receive the blessing of Pope Francis.
Time: Wednesday.
Rate Guided tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican
Price per person: € 25.
What does the Guided Tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican include
– Walk.
– Guide accredited by the Vatican State.
– Invitation ticket for the Papal Audience (free).
– Headquarters in St. Peter's Square.
Meeting point Guided tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican
– Piazza Papa Pio XII, 5 - Rome
Meet your guide 10 minutes before the start time. Look at the Capriotti shop sign.
Duration of the Guided Tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican
– Duration of the Audience + the guided walk: 3 hours.
Times and days of the Guided Tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican
Time: Wednesday.
Meeting time: 10 minutes before.
By presenting the voucher upon arrival – smartphone vouchers accepted – at the representative you can start the tour.
Cancellation terms Guided tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican
Reservation can be made be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours before the visit.
Accessibility and useful information for the Guided Tour of the Pontifical Audience in the Vatican
– The visit takes place exclusively in conjunction with the Pontifical Audience on Wednesday.
– For security reasons, it is necessary to provide the first and last name of all participants when booking.
– The tour takes place only when the Audience is held in St. Peter's Square (not Sala Nervi).
– The duration of the audience is approximately 1 hour and a half.
– The guide service will end at the beginning of the Pontifical Audience.
The Vatican Museums
A visit to the Vatican Museums is part of every trip to Rome. It is the most museum visited in Italy, even if it does not appear in the rankings as it is part of the Vatican State.
The Museums were created at the behest of Pope Julius II, Raphael's patron
and Michelangelo, artists who left a profound mark on the interior
of the Museum in the part of the papal residences.
The Vatican Museums in Rome today exhibit one of the largest museum collections
important on the planet.
We start with ancient art: canvases, statues, hieroglyphic inscriptions, bronzes
votives accompany the visitor on a dense and rich path that ends
in rooms that house precious Mesopotamian and Assyrian finds.
The visit to the Pinacoteca is important where,
in the space of some rooms, you can admire works by Perugino, Raphael, Leonardo, Bernini, Caravaggio.
We always end up with the famous Raphael Rooms where
condensed into 4 rooms, some of the undisputed masterpieces of the
master from Urbino including the School of Athens, a wall frescoed with
main exponents of Greek philosophy. Aself-portrait appears in the fresco
of Raphael, who looks towards the observer, and a portrait of Michelangelo, in the character of Heraclitus.
With a leap to the upper floor you arrive at the Sistine Chapel which is accessed through a small door.
Visit to the Vatican Museums
After the entrance you go up to the first floor with an escalator that leads to the entrance
directly to the Egyptian Section, full of finds belonging to everyone
the periods of Egyptian history. Steles, statues, hieroglyphic inscriptions, bronzes
votivesaccompany the visitor on a dense and rich path that ends
in rooms that house precious Mesopotamian and Assyrian finds. The art
Egyptian style strikes for the hieratic charm of the figures and the richness of the
objects and reliefs present in the Assyrian section are true masterpieces
sculptures that embellished the doors and palaces of the Assyrian lords and sovereigns
like Ashurbanipal.
 Pine cone from the Temple of Isis to the Campus Martius (2nd century AD) It is difficult to visit all the rooms that make up the museum itinerary
Vatican in a single day. Not to be missed is the Pinacoteca where,
in the space of some rooms, you can admire works by Perugino, Raphael, Leonardo and Bernini. A special mention to the great Caravaggio, maestro
undisputed example of the exaggerated artistic expressiveness of the baroque style.
It is also worth going down to the famous Cortile della Pigna and taking a walk
walk, if the day and the time available allow it.
Going up to the second floor you reach the famous Raphael Rooms where
condensed into 4 rooms, some of the undisputed masterpieces of the
master from Urbino including the School of Athens, a wall frescoed with
main exponents of Greek philosophy. Aself-portrait appears in the fresco
of Raphael, who looks towards the observer, and a portrait of Michelangelo, in the character of Heraclitus.
With a leap to the upper floor you arrive at the Sistine Chapel which is accessed through a small door. Nowthey can
take photosbut they are only allowed without the use of flash. The look
he is attracted to the vault where, in an impeccable composition, he loses himself
between the powerful figures of the Sibyls and the Prophets and the suggestions of the Universal Creation, the Creation of Man and the Expulsion from Eden.
The entire chapel then displays a notable series of on the side walls masterpieces depicting the Life of Christ signed by Rosselli, Perugino, Botticelli.
 The Stories of Genesis on the ceiling (Michelangelo Buonarroti)On the main wall is the Last Judgment by Michelangelo:
in a centrifugal structure which has Christ as its judge
origin, the figures of the resigned Virgin and the deities develop Saints of the Church. The figures are shocking in their expressive power
of the angels of the Apocalypse sounding the trumpets of judgment
they wake the dead from their sleep. On the left the figures rise
to the sky taking back their bodies, to the right thedemons drag
downwards the damnedwhere a Charon uses the oar to spur
those condemned by the Judgment of Christ.
As everyone knows, the work caused a scandal due to its exhibition
of naked bodies in the genital parts and for this he was commissioned Daniele da Volterra to cover the parts in question with his trousers.
Responsible for the decision was the Master of Ceremonies of
Vatican Biagio da Cesena, who for this outrage was depicted
in the figure of Minosby the great, ironic, Michelangelo.
The spiral staircase that leads out of the Vatican Museums is a joy
for the eye, the last jewel of an unforgettable visit.
The history of the Vatican Museums
 Detail of Michelangelo's Last Judgment The Museums were created at the behest of Pope Julius II, Raphael's patron
and Michelangelo, artists who left a profound mark on the interior
of the Museum in the part of the papal residences.
Other Popes followed one another
then with the intention of expanding the collection with new dedicated sections
to different cultures: Clement XIV (1769-1774) and Pius VI (1775-1799), Pius
VII (1800-1823) for the Classical finds, Gregory XVI (1831-1846) for the
Etruscan and Egyptian sections, Pius IX (1846-1878) for the Christian section. |
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