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Vatican Apostolic Palace

The Apostolic Palace is the official residence of the pope and the great monumental complex of the Vatican, with nearly a thousand rooms including papal apartments, offices, chapels, museums and a library. Visitors enter a part of the palace that includes the Sistine Chapel, famous for the frescoes by Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists, the Raphael Rooms with their four halls decorated by the painter's workshop, and the Borgia Apartments, with frescoes by Pinturicchio made between 1492 and 1494. The Scala Regia can also be seen from one of its ends, while the Cappella Paolina remains closed to the public.

Things to do at Vatican Apostolic Palace: 12 missions

• Visit the Sala RegiaLook at the Sala Regia, which allowed occasional visits from 2019.
• Explore the Stanza di EliodoroWalk through this room of the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, mentioned among the palace's chambers.
• Discover the Raphael RoomsLook at the Raphael Rooms, one of the rooms in the palace.
• Explore the Stanza della SegnaturaVisit the room described in the source as the earliest and most admired of the complex.
• Explore the LoggiasWalk through these corridors decorated by Raphael with frescoes of 52 biblical episodes.
• Explore the Clementine HallLook at the frescoes and other works of art in this room created in the 16th century.
• Explore the Stanza dell'Incendio del BorgoSee this room of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, mentioned alongside the other chambers.
• Explore the Borgia ApartmentsWalk through the Borgia Apartments, one of the palace's chambers.
• Explore the Vatican Collection of Modern Religious ArtDiscover this collection, inaugurated by Pope Paul VI in 1973, in some rooms of the palace.
• Take in the Scala RegiaLook at the Scala Regia from one of its ends.
• Take in the Sistine ChapelLook at Michelangelo's frescoes in the palace's famous Sistine Chapel.
• Visit the Sala di CostantinoLook at the Sala di Constantino, one of the rooms on the visitor route.

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