Must see in Rome : The Vatican Museums

Chiaramonti Museum dedicated to classical antique sculpture was created in 1805. The museum is divided into three parts: a large arched gallery, which is located on the sides of more than 800 different exhibits on the Braccio Nuovo, in niches which has exhibits of Greek mythology and Roman history, and Galleria Lapidaria, based on the collection of Pope Benedict IV, which includes fragments of Roman and Greek inscriptions.
Gregorian Etruscan Museum opened in 1837 and its 18 rooms are located archaeological finds from 10-1 centuries BC, as well as fragments of the Parthenon and the statue of Mars.
At the Vatican Apostolic Library houses over 65,000 manuscripts and manuscripts, the oldest copy of the Bible, which belongs to the year 325 BC, and in the archive library contains over half a million books.

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