The Vatican Museums : this tour begins with a look at several | ||
Giotto, Raphael, and Caravaggio works in the Pinacoteca (Painting Gallery), followed by Bramante's courtyard (Cortile della Pigna) and Julius II's sculptural garden containing the Laocoon and Apollo Belvedere. Also included in this path is the spectacular Hall of the Maps of Galileo-contemporary Pope Gregory XIII and, finally, the so-called Raphael Rooms and Sistine Chapel (all days but Sunday, 3 hrs.) | ||
The Raphael frescoes at the Villa Farnesina : Few tourists get | ||
to see Raphael's marvelous Galathea or the superb Loggia of Cupid and Psyche painted by the same artist and several assistants in this gemlike villa of old Trastevere; other masterworks include Balthazar Peruzzi's Sala della Prospettiva (all days but Sunday, 2hrs.) | ||
The Art of Rebellion -- the paintings of Caravaggio : this | ||
walking-tour surveys the churches of S.Maria del Poppolo, S. Luigi dei Francesi, the Church of Sant'Agostino, (mornings, |
Tour of Old Trastevere : Learn the rich, layered history of the | ||
church of S.Maria in Trastevere and, in that of Santa Cecilia, view the stunningly sensual sculpture of the martyred Cecilia by Pietro Maderno. Also in the adjacent convent to this church, the seldom-seen 13th-century frescoes by Giotto- contemporary, Pietro Cavallini. Tour continues with stroll through the romantic Medieval Quarter (mornings, 2hrs.) |
Tour of Old Trastevere : Learn the rich, layered history of the | ||
church of S.Maria in Trastevere and, in that of Santa Cecilia, view the stunningly sensual sculpture of the martyred Cecilia by Pietro Maderno. Also in the adjacent convent to this church, the seldom- seen 13th-century frescoes by Giotto-contemporary, Pietro Cavallini. Tour continues with stroll through the romantic Medieval Quarter (mornings, 2hrs.) |
Tour of the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls and of San | ||
Paolo alle Tre Fontane, site of the martyrdom of the Apostle. |