Raphael's Room Fire in the Borgo

Fire in the Borgo or Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo another room in Vatican fully painted Raphael one of the greatest masters of the high renaissance for the Fire in the Borgo fresco which depicts Pope Leo IV making the sign of the cross to extinguish a raging fire in the Borgo district of Rome near the Vatican. 1. Battle of Ostia, 2. The Fire in the Borgo, 3. The Coronation of Charlemagne, 4. The Oath of Leo III and 5. Ceiling. Together with Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's frescoes are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome.

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Raphael's Room of the Signatura

The Room of the Signatura or Stanza della segnatura is another room with the breath taking frescoes by Raphael in Vatican. The paintings: The School of Athens (perhaps Raphael's most famous fresco), Cardinal and Theological Virtues, Disputation of the Holy Sacrament an Adoration of the Sacrament (In the painting, Raphael created an image of the church, which is presented as spanning both heaven and earth.), The Parnassus (It represents The Parnassus, the dwelling place of the god Apollo and the Muses and the home of poetry, according to classical myth. In the fresco Apollo and the muses are surrounded by poets from antiquity and Raphael's own time.) and Ceiling.

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Raphael's Room of Heliodorus

Room of Heliodorus or Stanza di Eliodoro is one the spectacular Raphael rooms in Vatican (Rome) painted between 1511 & 1514. Together with Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's frescoes are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome. The four paintings are: The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, The Mass at Bolsena, The Meeting of Pope Leo I and Attila, and The Deliverance of Saint Peter from Prison. In the first two of these frescoes, Raphael flatteringly includes his patron, Pope Julius II, as participant or observer; the third, painted after Julius's death, includes a portrait of his successor, Leo X.

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The Gallery of Maps

The Gallery of Maps (Galleria delle carte geografiche) is a gallery in the Vatican Museums containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti. The gallery was commissioned in 1580 by Pope Gregory XIII as part of other artistic works commissioned by the Pope to decorate the Vatican. It took Danti three years (1580-1583) to complete the 40 panels of the 120 m long gallery.

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Gallery of the Candelabras

Gallery of the Candelabra in Vatican Museums, Rome, (262 ft. long) named after the eight magnificent candelabra of white marble within. The Gallery was commissioned and opened by Pope Pius VI in 1761 At present it contains many fine works of Roman antique sculpture. Therefore the artwork on the walls and ceilings tend to go unnoticed. They blur into the myriad of ther beautiful and fascinating objects in view and as one`s concentration is disturbed by the jostling and movement of the crowd about. The Gallery was restored by Pope Leo XIII in 1883-7

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Gallery of the Candelabra

Gallery of the Candelabra in the Vatican Museums, Originally an open loggia built in 1761, the loggia was walled up at the end of the 18th century. The ceiling was painted in 1883-1887. The gallery contains Roman copies of Hellenistic originals (3rd-2nd century B.C.) and some great 2nd century candelabra, from Otricoli.

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Room of the Immaculate Conception

Room of the Immaculate Conception by Francis Podesti (1800-1895) to celebrate the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pius IX, 1854. The artist, along with his team of workers, worked on the commission from 1856 to 1865, planning it and following its execution in all its aspects: the wooden doors and window frames and the inlaid marble work, as well as the installation of the Roman mosaic from Ostia Antica, purchased specifically for this space. The ceiling, allegorical scenes alluding to the virtues of the Virgin; the east wall, with the Coronation of the Image of Mary, the northern wall with the homage of the continents to the Church enthroned; the west wall, devoted to the Discussion of dogma in St. Peter's Basilica. Vatican Museums.

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Kukulkan Pyramid, El Castillo

Dominating the North Platform of Chichen Itza is the Temple of Kukulkan (a Maya feathered serpent deity), usually referred to as El Castillo ("the castle"). This step pyramid stands about 30 metres (98 ft) high and consists of a series of nine square terraces, each approximately 2.57 metres (8.4 ft) high, with a 6-metre (20 ft) high temple upon the summit.During the spring and autumn equinoxes, the late afternoon sun strikes off the northwest corner of the pyramid and casts a series of triangular shadows against the northwest balustrade, creating the illusion of a feathered serpent "crawling" down the pyramid.

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