The Vatican Museums are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century. The Sistine Chapel and the Stanze della Segnatura decorated by Raphael are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. As of November 2006, it was visited by more than 4,000,000 people for the year. This is part of all Italy vacation guides.
Coordinates: 41°54′23″N, 12°27′16″E
[...] The Vatican Museums, in Viale Vaticano in Rome, at heart the Vatican City, are among the big museums in the world, since they display works from the immense collection shapely up by the Roman Catholic Christian church end-to-end the centuries. Catholic Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century. The Sistine Chapel and the Stanze della Segnatura decorated by Raphael are on the visitor route finished the Vatican Museums. As of 2007, they were visited by 4,310,083 people for the year, making the Vatican Museums the world’s 37th most visited traveler destination. [...]