Vatican

ABOVE: Swiss Guards, Vatican City.

General Travel Information

Vatican City Tourist Information
Christus Rex et Redemptor Mundi produces these pages.

The Holy See
Vatican City's official Web site has news, religious information, papal P.R., and information on pontifical monuments, museums, and galleries.

Rome europeforvisitors.com
A 21-page illustrated Web guide to the Italian capital.

European National Tourist Offices: Vatican europeforvisitors.com
Use the Vatican phone number and other information in my European National Tourist Offices directory to learn what's happening at the Holy See.

Maps

SpyMaps: Vatican europeforvisitors.com
View a quick-downloading CIA map of Vatican City, then use the related links to see other maps and geographical information.

Museums/Culture

Vatican Museum (Christus Rex)
This Christus Rex page is a visual mess (where's Michelangelo when you need him?), and it can be slow to load.

Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture
Church and state meet at the Library of Congress, which put together this scholarly yet readable online exhibit. Click the links to see photographs of manuscripts, calendars, books, and other materials cited in the text.

The Sistine Chapel

Capella Sistina
Tour the Sistine Chapel with photos from Christus Rex.

Visit to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican
Another photo tour, with biographies of the artists whose works decorate the chapel.

Vatican Observatory

Vatican Observatory
If Galileo were alive today, he'd probably be in the Roman Catholic Church's observatory outside Rome--or, better yet, at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope facility in Arizona.

 

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