How to see the Vatican

About this eBook

Author

Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947

Original Publication

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd, 1914.

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

N: Fine Arts

Subject

Vatican City

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79854

Release Date

October 24, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HOW TO SEE THE VATICAN
2. 2.PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER II WHAT THE VATICAN CONSISTS OF
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE ORIGIN OF THE VATICAN
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE STORY OF THE BUILDING OF THE VATICAN
9. 9.CHAPTER V OLD ST. PETER’S
10. 10.CHAPTER VI REMAINS OF OLD ST. PETER’S STILL SURVIVING IN ROME
11. 11.CHAPTER VII THE CRYPT OF ST. PETER’S — THE GROTTE NUOVE. NORTH SIDE
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII THE GROTTE VECCHIE. EASTERN SIDE
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE GROTTE NUOVE. SOUTH SIDE
14. 14.CHAPTER X NICHOLAS V. AND THE VATICAN
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE VATICAN LIBRARY
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE VISITS OF MONTAIGNE AND MISSON TO THE VATICAN LIBRARY
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII THE NEW LEONINE LIBRARY OF THE PRINTED BOOKS OF THE VATICAN
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE ARCHIVIO
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE VATICAN GARDENS
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI A VISIT TO THE COACH-HOUSE OF THE POPE:⁠ [17] PAPAL PROCESSIONS AND PAPAL MOSAICS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII RAFFAELLE’S TAPESTRIES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE PAOLINE AND LEONINE CHAPELS
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX THE SISTINE TREASURY
24. 24.CHAPTER XX THE SACRISTY OF ST. PETER’S
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI THE DOME OF ST. PETER’S
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII THE BORGIA APARTMENTS — Sala I — Sala II — Sala III — Sala IV — Sala V and Sala VI
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE ETRUSCAN MUSEUM — LIST OF POPES
28. 28.INDEX

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