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Giardini Vaticani

Typology: Historical park

Address

Address: Viale Vaticano
Zone: Quartiere Aurelio (Roma ovest)

Contacts

Telephone: 06 69884676 - 06 69883145
Telephone booking: 06 69883145 - 06 69884676

Opening times

For the opening times and guidelines please check the official website

Information

Admission: €17.00
Reduced: €8.00

Agreement with

OMNIA

Booking

» Obligatory

Scheduled events

Description

The Vatican Gardens have been a place of quiet and meditation for the Popes ever since 1279 when Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1277-1280) moved his residence back to the Vatican from the Lateran Palace.

Within the new walls, which he had built to protect his residence, he planted an orchard (pomerium), a lawn (pratellum) and a garden (viridarium).
The event is recorded among other places on a stone plaque which can be viewed in the “Sala dei Capitani” of the “Palazzo dei Conservatori” on Rome’s Capitoline Hill. Created around the hill of Saint Egidio where today can be found the “Palazzetto del Belvedere” building and the courtyards of the Vatican Museums, this was to be the first Garden in the Vatican.
The tour of the Gardens allows the visitor to be part of a group tour conducted by an official Vatican Guide.
The tour is unique, as it takes the visitor through 2000 years of history. Besides the natural beauty of the gardens, the Vatican City is rich in monument and precious works of art.
The gardens can be visited only with guided tours to be booked at least one week in advance both for individual visitors and groups.  
The ticket enables the visitor to continue, on their own, a tour of the Vatican Museums.

For more information

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Last checked: 2022-04-06 13:02