Gallery of Maps Vatican Rome
by Wayne Moran
Title
Gallery of Maps Vatican Rome
Artist
Wayne Moran
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
Gallery of Maps Vatican Rome
The Gallery of Maps is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti.
The gallery was commissioned in 1580 by Pope Gregory XIII as part of other artistic works commissioned by the Pope to decorate the Vatican. It took Danti three years (1580–1583) to complete the 40 panels of the 120 m long gallery.
The panels map the entirety of the Italian peninsula in large-scale frescoes, each depicting a region as well as a perspective view of its most prominent city. It is said that these maps are approximately 80% accurate.
With the Apennines as a partition, one side depicts the regions surrounded by the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas and the other depicts the regions surrounded by the Adriatic Sea.
After the series of regional maps, there are two general geographical maps (at the end of the itinerary):
- Ancient Italy (with the inscription “Commendatur Italia locorum salubritate, coeli temperie, soli ubertate”)
- Modern Italy (with the inscription “Italia artium studiorumque plena semper est habita”).
Read more: https://waynemoranphotography.com/blog/top-10-must-see-attractions-in-rome-italy/
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November 19th, 2018
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Gary F Richards
Outstanding Gallery of Maps Vatican Rome composition, lighting, shading, excellent color and artwork! F/L
Christopher James
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