vatican museums rome, at just 5 minutes walking distance from nova domus hotel in rome is a  house of huge collection that veserves several visits. to regulate the flow od visitors, viewing id by a predesignated, arrow-marked toute, which ends at the Sistine Chappel. must see: the 395-ft long galleria delle carte geografiche ( map gallery) hung with a series of bringhtly-coleored regional maps of Italy ( 16th century); the galleria delle sculture with the world's most important collection of classic sculptures; the  - stanze di Raffaello - ( Raphael rooms), the apartments of Julius II redecorated  by Raphael in 1508, depicting the principal themes of knowledge; the famous Pinacoteca with its rich collection of paintings from the middle ages right up to present day. ( pinturicchi's virgin and child, Caravaggio's descent from cross and Christ's Burial,  Da vinci's St  Jerome, and Raphael's last work the Transfiguration.
distance from nova domus hotel 600 ft