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Duration: 10 hours with lunch in the museums

Meeting point: Vatican Museums Entrance

(a different meeting point can be arranged)

Price: variable according to number of participants

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Tour Description:

The Vatican City houses one of the largest and variest collection of artworks in the World. On this tour you will learn the secrets of the Greek masters that sculpted the Laocoon, the methods used by the Roman architects in building walls, acqueducts, thermal baths, temples, the techniques deploied by Renaissance painters in their frescoes and canvases.

Discover the Greek Statesmen and Philosophers in front of their unique portraits, learn the role of Pagan Gods and Christian Saints in Men's World or the history of the Roman Emperors and Popes.

During the visit you will find explanations to facts and traditions that you have always wandered about like the origin of the words Gladiola, Croissant, May, Money, Salary, Cathedral, the materials used by Italian artist for their colored works, the life habits in Ancient Times. This full-day tour is worth an entire course in Classical Art History, but you save the boredom!