3 hours private walking tour of Vatican City highlights. strolling along the Vatican museums upper  Candelabras and  Tapestries galleries enjoy sculptures of Greek Roman art, mosaics and XVI century Raphael school tapestries depicting stories of Christ infancy together with an intriguing Resurrection scene. in the hall of maps,  a  breath-taking ceiling with stucco works and goldleaf decoration overlooks XVI century accurate wall painted maps of the many regions and islands of Italy and the country's main cities. Important 19th century paintings in the Sobietsky room and in the Immaculate Conception hall will eventually lead to  Sistine Chapel masterpieces painted by Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio on the sidewalls framing Michelangelo's 65 ft high ceiling depicting the "Creation"and the magnificent  altar mural depicting "Judgement Day", works that have overwhelmed visitors for half a millemnium. Your private Vatican tour ends in St Peter Square with its impressive 280 pillars, 140 statues columnade following a visit to the basilica with Michelangelo inspirational "Pieta" and Dome and Bernini elegant monuments

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