Entrance to Vatican Museum (Rome)

Vatican City / Rome
 museum, entrance
The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century. The Sistine Chapel and the Stanze della Segnatura decorated by Raphael are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. As of November 2006, it was visited by more than 4,000,000 people for the year.

The pictures above show the statues seen from the entrance, and a *small* portion of the line that forms on the last Sunday of the month (this is April 2007).

On the last Sunday of each month Free Admission.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Museum
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Coordinates:   41°54'24"N   12°27'13"E

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  • Sneak in with the tour groups first thing in the morning, then wait upstairs for the individual visitors ticket gates to open. you'll beat some of the crowds.
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