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Raphael Rooms
The Raphael Rooms, or Stanze di Raffaello, form a four-room suite in the Apostolic Palace that became part of the Vatican Museums. Painted by Raphael and his workshop between 1508 and 1524, these frescoes are a high‑Renaissance landmark alongside Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. Julius II commissioned Raphael to redecorate the interiors, aiming to outshine the late-15th‑century Borgia Apartments above, and the rooms sit on the palace’s second floor overlooking the Belvedere Courtyard. The sequence runs east to west as you’d enter, starting with Sala di Costantino (the Hall of Constantine), then Stanza di Eliodoro (Room of Heliodorus), Stanza della Segnatura (Room of the Signatura), and Stanza dell’Incendio del Borgo (the Fire in the Borgo). …
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