Renaissance
The Renaissance in Rome is the papal art of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries: the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms and the new St Peter's. Its Roman phase is called the High Renaissance.
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The Vatican Museums hold the Renaissance in two adjoining spaces, the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, which is why the museum's route ends there.
Sources: cultura.gov.it
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