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Pio Clementine

The Pio-Clementine Museum ( no.30) was conceived by Clement XIV, who, in the years 1770 - 73, transformed the interior of a 15th-century loggia (the Palazzetto del Belvedere) and the charming little garden next to it in which Julius II and his immediate successor had assembled their personal collections of classical marbles, the early nucleus of the Vatican collections. The Museum was later enlarged (1776 - 86) by Pius VI with the construction of new buildings inspired by the architecture of imperial Rome.

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Musei Vaticani e Cappella Sistina

The founding of the Vatican Museums can be traced back to 1503 when the newly-elected Pope, Julius II della Rovere, placed a statue of Apollo in the internal courtyard of the Belvedere Palace built by Innocent VIII; he brought the statue from the garden of his titular church of St. Peter in Chains.

In 1506 the Laocoon was added to the collection, after its discovery on the Esquiline Hill before the eyes of Giuliano di Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti. This statue group was already renown from tales passed on from Roman times, before it’s discovery. When it was found, more..

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