The truth and secrets of the Vatican

Over the past two thousand years, great saints and great sinners have risen to the throne of St. Peter in the Vatican. Some sought the truth and wanted to live like Christ, while others, on the contrary, forgot about heaven, worshiped power and gave themselves to earthly pleasures. Because of what fateful mistakes did the popes lose not only influence in Europe, but also power in Rome? Why did they decide five centuries ago to donate much of their palaces to open the Vatican Museums? What do works of art talk about and remain silent, and what ideas can be hidden in their exhibition? Are art historians guided by chronological periodization alone, or are the exhibits of the Museums telling the true story of the Papacy, for all those who can grasp invisible connections? In this tour we will get answers to these questions and touch on many other topics that will help you not only enjoy the beauty, transported to a completely different atmosphere, which reigns in the Vatican, but also to understand the spirit of this state.

We will see: the Palace of Shischka and the Museum of Sculpture of Pio Clementino. It is with his collection that the history of the Vatican Museums will begin in 1506, and then after passing through the Pontifical Galleries we will visit the apartments of the Popes. The irreconcilable dynasties of Borgia and Della Rovere challenged each other in art. And if Raphael, who painted the chambers of Pope Julius II Della Rovere, is celebrated for his work, then Pinturicchio, who works for the Borgia, will pay for this work with his career. He, who painted the apartments of the disgraced Pope after his death, will be forgotten, the rooms will be closed for almost three centuries and the inhabitants of the palace will prefer to bypass them. And finally, we are waiting for the Sistine Chapel from which we will go to St. Peter's Cathedral.