Page 52 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Rome

50  INTRODUCING ROME

Rome’s Best: Museums and Galleries

The museums of Rome are among the richest in
the world; the Vatican alone contains incomparable
collections of Egyptian, Etruscan, Greek, Roman,
and early Christian artifacts, as well as frescoes by
Michelangelo and Raphael, priceless manuscripts, and
jewels. Excavations in the 19th century added treasures
from ancient Rome, which are now on display in museums
throughout the city. The finest Etruscan collections in
the world can be enjoyed in the Villa
Giulia. More details of Rome’s museums
and galleries are given on pages 52–3.

Villa Giulia
0 meters 500
Etruscan treasures
0 yards 500 from Rome’s early
history are displayed Piazza di
in this beautiful
Vatican Museums Renaissance villa. Spagna
The galleries and long
corridors hold priceless
artifacts such as this
9th-century mosaic Vatican
showing scenes from Piazza
the life of Christ. della
Piazza Rotonda
Navona
Campo Capitol
Janiculum de’ Fiori

Palatine
Trastevere
Galleria Spada
This collection’s strength lies in its 17th- and
18th-century paintings. Earlier works include
a Visitation by Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530).

Aventine
Palazzo Corsini
Included here are works
by Caravaggio, Rubens,
and Van Dyck, as well as
a painting of the Baroque
sculptor Bernini – a rare
portrait by Il Baciccia
(1639–1709).

Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Most of the great names of the Renaissance are
represented on this gallery’s crowded walls.
Titian (1485–1576) painted Salome early in his career.

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