architecture
Vatican Museums, Apostolic Library
Vatican City, Holy See
Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana [Latin]
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana [Italian]
Architecture
higher-level structure
built
1475
1587-1589
style/period
architect / constr. phase
1588-1589
construction of the actual library building
artist
patronage
Architecture: Vatican Museums
built
about 1487
1506
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
1506-1870
1870-1929
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
I,
II,
IV,
VI
designation
reference
286