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VATICAN

As the site where St. Peter was martyred and make them the finest museums in Rome.
buried, the Vatican became the residence The Vatican’s position as a state within
of the popes who succeeded him. Decisions a state was guaranteed by the Lateran
made here have shaped the destiny of Treaty of 1929, marked by the building of a
Europe, and the great basilica of St. Peter’s new road, the Via della Conciliazione. This
draws pilgrims from all over the Christian leads from St. Peter’s to Castel Sant’Angelo,
world. The papal palaces beside St. Peter’s a monument to a far grimmer past. Built
house the Vatican Museums. With the originally as the Emperor Hadrian’s
added attractions of Michelangelo’s Sistine mausoleum, this papal fortress and prison
Chapel and the Raphael Rooms, their has witnessed many fierce battles for
wonderful collections of Classical sculpture control of the city.

Sights at a Glance
Churches and Temples Gates
1 St. Peter’s pp228–31 3 Porta Santo Spirito
4 Santo Spirito in Sassia Historic Streets and Piazzas
9 Santa Maria in Traspontina
0 The Borgo
Museums and Galleries q Vatican Corridor
2 Vatican Museums pp232–45 Restaurants
Historic Buildings see pp317–19
5 Hospital of Santo Spirito 1 Arlù
6 Palazzo del Commendatore 2 Da Benito e Gilberto
7 Palazzo dei Convertendi 3 Da Cesare
8 Palazzo dei Penitenzieri 4 Taverna Angelica
w Palazzo Torlonia 5 Velando
e Castel Sant’Angelo pp250–51 6 Veranda
r Palazzo di Giustizia
PIAZZA
CAVOUR V I A U L P I A N O
C R E S C E N Z I O V I A T R I B O N I A N O LUNGOT. PRATI Umberto
Ponte
V I A P I A Z Z A A D R I A N A
T e v e r e
Ottaviano VIA ALBERICO II
PIAZZA DEL San Pietro PIAZZA LUNGOTEVERE CASTELLO
250m
DI MICHELANGELO VIA DEL AMERIGO V I T T O R I O CASTELLO Ponte
CAPPONI
V.LE BASTIONI
V. D. PORTA
LUNGOT. VATICANO
B O R G O VIA DEL FALCO VIA PLAUTO B.GO S. ANGELO TRASPONTINA PIAZZA F i u m e S. Angelo
PIA
RISORGIMENTO MASCHERINO
VIA D.
BORGO PIO
V. D. CONCILIAZIONE
VIA DE I COR RIDORI P.te Vittorio
VIA DI PORTA ANGELICA
V. DELLA POSTA VECCHIA
Eman. II
PIAZZA LUNGOT. IN SASSIA
PIO XII BORGO S. SPIRITO
V. D.
CITT À PIAZZA S. PENITENZIERI P.te Princ.
Amedeo
PIETRO
DEL VIA D EL SANT’UFFIZIO PIAZZA D. Savoia
Aosta
V A TICANO ROVERE
GALLERIA PRINCIPE AMEDEO
SAVOIA AOSTA
Stazione
Vaticana
0 meters 300 See also Street Finder
0 yards 300 maps 3, 4, 11
The statue of St. Peter, St. Peter’s Square For keys to symbols see back flap
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