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
Vatican Museums » Pius-Clementine Museum
architectural element(s)
mosaic
created
1st century BCE
1776-1778
style/period
Ancient Roman

Architecture: Pius-Clementine Museum

full/alternative names
Villa Belvedere, Belvedere Casino
built
1484-1487
work type by function
art museum, palace
architect
Antonio del Pollaiolo
patronage
Pope Innocent VIII

Architecture: Vatican Museums

built
about 1487
1506
culture
Christian, Italian
style/period
High Renaissance
work type by function
art museum, palace
architect / constr. phase
1487
Donato Bramante
construction of the Courtyard of the Statues
1503-1513
Donato Bramante
connection of the Belvedere with the Apostolic Palace
patronage
Pope Julius II

Geography

Europe » Southern Europe » Holy See » Vatican City
local language location name
location:
Civitatis Vaticanæ [Latin]
Città del Vaticano [Italian]
country:
Sancta Sedes [Latin]
Santa Sede [Italian]
historical affiliations
1487-1870
Papal States
1870-1929
Kingdom of Italy

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Vatican City
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
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