There are two staircases known as the Bramante Staircase in the Vatican Museums, but the one that most visitors see is ...

Located in the Pio-Clementino Museum, the staircase – also known as the Spiral Staircase – is the work of Giuseppe Momo. You can take the city train (Vatican City to Rome) to get to the ...

VATICAN CITY --It’s one of the busiest ... As the sun rose, Crea let CBS News peek at Bramante’s spiral staircase. The doors were open and the museum ready. “No, absolutely not,” he ...

But to walk through the Vatican Museums with just a few people beside ... The Scala di Bramante, an elliptical staircase near the visitor exit, is expected to reopen soon in the evenings (the ...

No, said Barbara Jatta, the new director of the Vatican Museums, she did not really have ... And from her office she led the way down an interior staircase (with a Della Robbia on the wall ...

It's still dark outside when Gianni Crea pushes open the imposing entrance door to the Vatican ... spiral staircase to the Gallery of Maps, Crea's silhouette weaves its way through the museums ...

The "Hidden Vatican Museums" tour, which must be prebooked online for a maximum ... and the famous double helix staircase built by Donato Bramante in 1505. Its copy, built in 1932, is what visitors ...

The spiral staircase at the Vatican Museum is a work of art in itself. Looking to escape the summer heat and dive into a museum? Check out Stars and Stripes’ list of base tours here.

Soon he is moving through the deserted corridors to open the doors of some of the most visited galleries in the world. "There are exactly 2,797 keys... Each one has between one and five copies, so ...