Borgia Apartment, Renaissance art museum in Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
The Borgia Apartment contains six rooms with painted vaults, decorated walls, and marble floors within the Apostolic Palace complex.
Pope Alexander VI commissioned Pinturicchio between 1492 and 1494 to decorate these papal residential chambers with a series of frescoes.
The apartment combines religious themes with classical mythology through frescoes depicting biblical narratives, saints, prophets, sibyls, and astronomical symbols.
The museum entrance includes access to fourteen exhibition halls, with the second room currently closed to visitors.
After Alexander VI's death, Julius II refused to live in these rooms and moved to different quarters to avoid memories of his predecessor.
Location: Vatican City
Inception: 1494
Creator: Pinturicchio
Part of: Apostolic Palace
Website: http://christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html
GPS coordinates: 41.90333,12.45500
Latest update: May 27, 2025 09:54
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