The Chiaramonti Museum is part of the Vatican Museums and takes its name from Pope Pius VII (aka Barnaba Chiaramonti), who founded it in the early nineteenth century.
It was set up and ordered by Antonio Canova and consists of three galleries:
- the Chiaramonti gallery, where numerous sculptures, sarcophagi and friezes are exhibited;
- the new wing, called Braccio Nuovo, built by Raffaele Stern, which houses famous statues;
- the lapidary gallery, which contains more than 3,000 pieces of inscriptions, epigraphs and monuments, which represent the largest collection of this type of artifacts in the world. However, it is open to visitors only on request, generally for study purposes.
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Chiaramonti Museum - Vatican Museums
Address: 00120 Città del Vaticano
Phone: 06 69883332
Site:
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