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Palazzo Apostolico Lateranense Review
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Palazzo Apostolico Lateranense
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces, San Giovanni
Fodor's Review:
The building flanking the basilica of San Giovanni was the popes' official residence until their exile to Avignon in the south of France in the 14th century. The current palace was built by Domenico Fontana in 1586. Still technically part of the Vatican, it now houses the offices of the Rome Diocese and the Vatican Historical Museum. On the (required) tour you'll see the historic Papal Apartment, with antique furnishings, medieval sculptures, and Renaissance tapestries, and the Sala della Conciliazione, with a magnificent 16th-century carved and painted wood ceiling.
INFO
- Address: Entrance outside at atrium of San Giovanni in Laterano, San Giovanni, Rome
- Phone: 06/69886386
- Cost: EUR 4
- Open: Sat. tours at 9:30, 11, and 12:15; 1st Sun. of month tours at 8:45 and 1
WHAT'S NEARBY
- Restaurants
- Cannavota
- Entertainment
- Black Out
- Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali
- Shopping
- Via Sannio
- Taxi Fare Rome
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