Michelangelo's epic "Last Judgement" will undergo a serious spring clean in 2026 to protect it from damage caused by ...

The Raphael Rooms were never fully closed off to the public during their long restoration, but they are now free of scaffolding for the many visitors flocking to the Vatican Museums for the 2025 ...

Michael Hodges followed Raphael's trail to discover a less crowded Eternal City of Renaissance palazzi, hidden-away churches and peaceful gardens. He started at the Vatican, which has four rooms ...

Even at the time, there were reports that Raphael had wanted to decorate the rooms not with frescoes but with oil paint directly on the wall, to give the images greater brilliance. The 10-year ...

The Room of the Segnatura, 1508-11, followed in the 1990s, and the Room of Heliodorus, 1512-14, was restored between 2002 and 2013. Dark and dusty patina ...

Another visitor who took a 2:30pm guided tour of the museum on Saturday afternoon described the crush in the Raphael rooms as “scandalous” on the travel website Tripadvisor.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ...

Even at the time, there were reports that Raphael had wanted to decorate the rooms not with frescoes but with oil paint directly on the wall, to give the images greater brilliance. The 10-year ...