Eventually the Apostolic Camera seized the property from the Savelli family due to financial issues, and in 1604 Castel ...

The Vatican bank and the city state’s governorate, which controls the museums, also make annual contributions to the pope. As recently as a decade ago, the bank gave the pope around $62.7 ...

Vatican Museums officials recounted the discoveries in inaugurating the hall, known as the Room of Constantine, after the last scaffolding came down. The reception room, which was painted by Raphael ...

Cardinal Archbishop Roberto Repole of Turin and Mayor Stefano Lo Russo presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Vatican’s sphere, which occupies a prominent place in the Pigna Courtyard of the Vatican Museums, features an internal mechanism that rotates with the wind. “In my work I see the cracks ...

By the end of this early access Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums tour, you’ll have gained detailed insight into the Vatican's rich history and gotten to know this iconic, ultimate Rome venue before ...

Sistine Chapel at Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy Sistine Chapel is the most famous in the world, but all the ceilings there are beautiful. Pugliese family visited Vatican Museum in Italy in June 2025 ...

The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy Twenty-two separate collections comprise the Musei Vaticani, each one more spectacular than the next.

Pope Leo XIV began his summer break July 6 at Castel Gandolfo, where he’ll stay through July 20. But don’t expect the Holy Father to simply relax.