architecture

Apostolic Palace, Raphael Rooms

Vatican City, Holy See

Stanze di Raffaello [Italian]

Architecture

higher-level structure
Apostolic Palace
built
1508-1524
style/period
High Renaissance
architect
Pope Julius II
artist
Raphael

Architecture: Apostolic Palace

full/alternative names
Palace of the Vatican, Papal Palace
built
1508-1519
culture
Italian, Christian
style/period
Renaissance
work type by function
official residence
architect
Donato Bramante, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
patronage
Pope Sixtus IV, Pope Alexander VI, Pope Julius II, Pope Paul III

Specifications

Specification: Apostolic Palace

area
55,000 m²
floor area
162,000 m²

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
Papal States
1589-1870
Kingdom of Italy
1870-1929

UNESCO World Heritage Site

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