Pio-Clementino museum, Classical sculpture museum in Vatican City.
The Pio Clementino Museum displays Greek and Roman sculptures across 12 exhibition halls within the small Belvedere Palace of Innocent VIII.
The museum emerged from Pope Julius II's collection in 1503, later expanded through excavations in Rome and Lazio during the 18th century.
The Octagonal Court presents the first complete collection of classical sculptures in the Vatican, including the Laocoön statue and Apollo Belvedere.
The museum entrance features the Atrium of the Four Gates and the Simonetti Staircase, which connects to the Gregorian Egyptian Museum.
The Hall of Animals exhibits numerous marble sculptures depicting various creatures, while the Round Hall contains a central gilded bronze Hercules statue.
GPS coordinates: 41.90655,12.45458
Latest update: March 2, 2025 22:12
Laocoön and His Sons
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Vatican Museums
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Augustus of Prima Porta
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Vatican Library
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Apollo Belvedere
21 m
Sphere Within Sphere
90 m
Cortile del Belvedere
265 m
Bramante staircases
22 m
Gallery of Maps
265 m
Pinacoteca Vaticana
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Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City
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Apoxyomenos Pio-Clementino
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Gregorian Tower
163 m
San Pellegrino in Vaticano
263 m
Museo Chiaramonti
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Anima Mundi
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Nile
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Gregorian Egyptian Museum
27 m
Belvedere Villa (Vatican)
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Museo Pio Cristiano
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Gregorian Etruscan Museum
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Fontana della Galera
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Santa Maria delle Grazie a Porta Angelica
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Gregoriano Profano Museum
169 m
Via Triumphalis necropolis
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Paintings Gallery of the Vatican Museums
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Fontana della Pigna
21 m
San Giovanni Battista degli Spinelli
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