Italy has a long recorded history that the biggest problem facing the traveler is to choose among the nation's endless cultural attractions. All main centres, most of the provincial cities and many quite small towns have museums. In Italy everything talks about art: painting, sculpture, architecture, and natural resorts. Of all the countries in the worls, there is none more magical than Italy, a traveler's dream destination. Ancient monuments and archeological sites are perfectly preserved; the museums are bursting with the genious of Italy's finest sons: Raffaello, Michelangelo, Tiziano, Canova; contemporary architects are still inspired by ancient buildings and squares (piazze). Italian cities, towns, and villages are living museums. Index of Museums in Rome (through Thais) Palazzo Barberini + Galleria Borghese + Galleria Corsini + Galleria Spada, Rome, with an Artists Index Pinacoteca Capitolina, Campidoglio - Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome The Vatican (through Christus Rex), with, in addition to those listed elsewhere in these webpages, links to: Vatican City (255 images), including images of: Castel Sant' Angelo (15 images) The Pontifical Palaces: Part I (24 images), Part II (26 images), Part III (17 images), and Part IV (20 images) Vatican Gardens (14 images) Vatican Museums (596 images), including: The Fabbrica of Saint Peter's (40 Images) The Treasury of Saint Peter's (36 Images) The Apostolic Library: Sacred Museum I (60 Images), Sacred Museum II (45 Images), and Sacred Museum III (38 Images) Gallery of Tapestries (48 Images) The Vatican Pinacoteca: Paintings I (17 Images), Paintings II (14 Images), Paintings III (10 Images), Paintings IV (15 Images), Paintings V (12 Images) The Pio-Clementine Museum (17 Images) The Christian Museum: Part I (10 Images), Part II (8 Images) Museums of Sculpture: Part I (17 Images), Part II (18 Images) The Gregorian Profane Museum (11 Images) The Gregorian Egyptian Museum (22 Images): Part I (73 Images), and Part II (56 Images) The Missionary-Ethnologic Museum (17 Images) The Collection of Modern Religious Art (11 Images) Il Museo di Leonardiano di Vinci, Castello dei Conti Guidi Città di Vinci - Firenze Palace of the Museums (Modena, Italy), with information about the Este Library, the Este Gallery, and the Civic Museums Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, with a link to Le collezioni La collezione Farnese La collezione Borbone Le acquisizioni postunitarie Soprintendenza per il patrimonio storico, artistico e demoetnoantropologico, Florence, with a link to Musei e Gallerie Chiostro dello Scalzo Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti Galleria degli Uffizi Galleria dell'Accademia e Collezione "Cherubini" Museo di San Marco Cappelle Medicee Galleria Palatina, Appartamenti Reali e Museo delle Carrozze di Palazzo Pitti Museo Nazionale del Bargello Museo degli Argenti e Museo delle Porcellane di Palazzo Pitti Museo della casa fiorentina antica di Palazzo Davanzati Cenacolo di Fuligno Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia Museums in Florence, with links to Palazzo Vecchio, Quartieri monumentali S. Maria Novella, Museo e Chiostri monumentali Museo Bardini Fondazione Romano nel Cenacolo di S. Spirito Museo Storico Topografico "Firenze com'era" Raccolta Alberto della Ragione e Collezioni del Novecento Galleria Rinaldo Carnielo Cappella Brancacci Museo Stibbert Museo Marino Marini Casa Buonarroti, Florence Works of Michelangelo Drawings of Michelangelo Other Works Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Virtual Uffizi: The Complete Catalogue Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (through Thais) The Spada Gallery (Palazzo Spada, Rome) Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, with links to: XIV-XV Secolo XVI Secolo XVII Secolo, with additional links to: Portraits Sebastiano Ricci, and Pietro Muttoni (della Vecchia) Matteo Ghidoni (dei Pitocchi) Flemish Painters XVIII Secolo, with additional links to: Pietro Longhi, with additional links to Longhi's "Scene di Caccia" Seven Sacraments Gabriel Bella, with links to: Games with Animals Corsi e Passeggi Il Doge Il Palazzo Feste Svaghi (e altro) Avvenimenti Religiosi Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan, with a link to The Collections XIX-XX Secolo The Municipal Art Gallery, Ascoli Piceno, Italy The Art Gallery and Civic Museum, Volterra (through Volterra Virtual Guide) La Collezione della Carime in the Cassa di Risparmio di Calabria e Lucania Artists in late 12th- 13th- and 14th-Century Italy (through the Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx) Bonaventura Berlinghieri Coppo di Marcovaldo Guido da Siena Cimabue, with links to Frescoes in the Upper Church of San Francesco at Assisi Paintings of the Crucifixion Paintings of the Madonna Mosaics Pietro Cavallini Last Judgement Mosaics Niccolò Andrea Pisano South doors of the Baptistry in Florence Giovanni Pisano Other Works Nicola Pisano Nino Pisano Arnolfo di Cambio Giotto Paintings of the Crucifix Maso di Banco Bernardo Daddi Agnolo Gaddi Taddeo Gaddi Niccolò Semitecolo Master of St. Cecilia Duccio di Buoninsegna The Maestà Front Crowning Section of the Maestà Back Crowning Section of the Maestà Front Predella Section of the Maestà Back Predella Section of the Maestà Back Panel of the Maestà (Page 1) Back Panel of the Maestà (Page 2) Back Panel of the Maestà (Page 3) Ruccelai Madonna Simone Martini Early Works The Maestà Frescoes in the Lower Church of San Francesco at Assisi Altarpieces The Fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano The Annunciations The Last Works Pietro Lorenzetti Ambrogio Lorenzetti Frescoes of the Good and Bad Government The Master of the Triumph of Death (Francesco Traini) Lorenzo Maitani Orcagna Nardo di Cione Giovanni da Milano Barna da Siena Francesco Traini Lorenzo Monaco Paolo Veneziano Spinello Aretino Altichiero Bonino da Campione Francesco di Valdambrino