architecture

Vatican Museums, Apostolic Library

Vatican City, Holy See

Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana [Latin]
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana [Italian]

Architecture

higher-level structure
Vatican Museums
built
1475
1587-1589
style/period
Renaissance
work type by function
museum, library
architect / constr. phase
1588-1589
Domenico Fontana
construction of the actual library building
artist
Andrea Lilli, Girolamo Nanni
patronage
Pope Nicholas V, Pope Sixtus V

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
1506-1870
Papal States
1870-1929
Kingdom of Italy

UNESCO World Heritage Site

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