architecture

Vatican Museums, Gallery of the Candelabra

Vatican City, Holy See

Galleria dei Candelabri

Architecture

higher-level structure
Vatican Museums
built
1785-1788
1878-1903
material
marble
patronage
Pope Pius VI, Pope Leo XIII

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
1788-1870
Papal States
1870-1929
Kingdom of Italy

UNESCO World Heritage Site

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