Architecture

Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Greek Cross Gallery, Mosaic of Athena

Vatican City, Holy See

Musea Vaticana [Latin]
Musei Vaticani [Italian]
Museo Pio-Clementino [Italian]
Palazzetto del Belvedere [Italian]
Villa Belvedere [Italian]
Casino del Belvedere [Italian]
Sala a Croce Greca [Italian]
Vatican Museums, Pius-Clementine Museum, Greek Cross Gallery, Mosaic of Athena

Architecture

structure overview
architectural element(s)
created
1st century BCE
1776-1778
style/period

Architecture: Pius-Clementine Museum

full/alternative names
Villa Belvedere, Belvedere Casino
built
1484-1487
work type by function
patronage

Architecture: Vatican Museums

built
about 1487
1506
culture
style/period
work type by function
architect / constr. phase
1487
construction of the Courtyard of the Statues
1503-1513
connection of the Belvedere with the Apostolic Palace
patronage

Geography

local language location name
location:
Civitatis Vaticanæ [Latin]
Città del Vaticano [Italian]
country:
Sancta Sedes [Latin]
Santa Sede [Italian]
historical affiliations
1487-1870
1870-1929

UNESCO World Heritage Site

type
cultural
criteria
I, II, IV, VI
designation
reference
286

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,154 × 3,210  pixel
43.6 × 27.2 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
copyrights
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