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The Vatican is Italy’s most popular attraction with almost five million visitors annually. It is an enormous complex of galleries, but the crown jewel is the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s phenomenal ceiling, created along with other painters, and the Raphael Rooms, covered in 16th-century frescoes by the Italian Renaissance painter and architect.

Bypass the crowds by purchasing your tickets ahead of time. Listen to fascinating background on the lives of Renaissance artists and symbols from the Catholic church, with direct admission to the galleries and St. Peter’s Basilica.

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