Vatican Museums

Our first visit today required just a short walk to the Vatican Museums. Fr. Betancourt (who studied in Rome and lived here) remarked that all his visits to the Museums, some quite lengthy, have not enabled him to see all there is to see there. With this perspective in mind, here are some photos from our time there. (Note: the signature portion of the Vatican Museum tour, the Sistine Chapel, does not allow photography.)

A fine shot of the class and Fr. Betancourt in the entryway courtyard, with the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the morning sun.


Fr. Betancourt explains some Egyptian sculpture in one of the galleries


The Laocoon, one of the most famous pieces in the Vatican's possession


The Hall of Maps


Raphael, Disputation of the Holy Eucharist, Stanze di Raffaelo

Raphael, The School of Athens, Stanze di Raffaelo


Members of the class descend the famous spiral staircase to exit the Musei Vaticani