Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1737: Art Palace
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It wasn’t until about one o’clock at noon that Ye Tian and the others finished visiting St. Peter’s Cathedral and walked out of the church with unsatisfied feelings.
In this way, they still glanced at some places and failed to take a closer look.
As before, during the tour, Ye Tian secretly turned on clairvoyance again and thoroughly looked through St. Peter’s Cathedral inside and outside, as well as deep underground.
Under the perspective, he saw the entire St. Peter’s Basilica without missing any corner.
All the secrets hidden here, whether they are in the dome, the walls, or deep underground, whether they are known or unknown, are all clearly presented to him, and no one is missed. !
These secrets cover a wide range of fields, covering art, religion, politics, economy, history, military, architecture and other aspects!
It even involves some ulterior secrets, such as the privacy of some important figures in the history of the Vatican.
There are many surprising new discoveries among them. Once disclosed, they will definitely cause a huge sensation and rewrite part of Western history.
However, St. Peter’s Cathedral does not belong to Ye Tian. In the foreseeable future, he will never be the owner here, and he will not be able to possess the hidden secrets.
Especially those priceless top-notch antiques and artworks that had been sleeping deep underground for hundreds of thousands of years. He was extremely greedy to see them, but he could only look away and sigh.
Therefore, he could not reveal his series of major discoveries to the public. He could only appreciate them in secret and hide these secrets deep in his heart.
Of course, if the Vatican intends to unite with itself and jointly explore every corner of the Vatican, these secrets can be made public, but that is very unlikely!
After leaving St. Peter’s Basilica, everyone went to have lunch.
As a tourist destination that receives countless tourists and pilgrims every day, there are many restaurants and hotels in and around the Vatican for tourists to rest and dine.
Ye Tian and the others did not leave the Vatican to eat outside. Instead, under the leadership of Leonardo, they ate at an internal restaurant only for Vatican priests and staff. The food was not bad!
After lunch, everyone returned to their residence to rest for a while to restore their mental and physical strength.
At around 2:30 in the afternoon, Ye Tian and the others left the guest room again. Under the leadership of Leonardo and several priests, they walked through the garden to the Vatican Museum on the north side of St. Peter’s Basilica, preparing to visit there.
The Vatican Museums, one of the earliest museums in the world, took shape as early as the fifth century AD.
At the beginning of the 16th century, the museum and St. Peter’s Basilica were expanded at the same time, and this world-famous museum was truly established.
The establishment of this famous museum was partly due to a major archaeological discovery.
In January 1506, in a vineyard near the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Rome, people unearthed a famous statue from the ancient Greek period, the “Statue of Laocoon and His Sons.”
After this statue was unearthed, it immediately caused a sensation in Rome at that time. People rushed to watch it and see the great sculpture art of the ancient Greek period!
When Pope Julius II heard the news, he immediately sent Michelangelo and another top artist to view the excavation results.
Subsequently, on the recommendation of Michelangelo and Michelangelo, the Pope made a prompt decision and bought the statue from the vineyard owner, transported it back to the Vatican, and quickly put it on public display.
It was through this opportunity that the Vatican Museum was officially established, which has a history of more than 500 years.
The Vatican Museum is huge, with a total area of about 5.5 hectares, which is equivalent to 1/13 of the Forbidden City. However, due to the spatial difference between Eastern and Western architecture, its exhibition area is similar to that of the Forbidden City.
The total length of the exhibition space in the museum is six kilometers. Not to mention visiting here, just walking around takes a lot of time and energy.
This famous museum has twelve exhibition halls and five art galleries, including the famous Sistine Chapel.
The antique artworks collected in this museum bring together countless relics from ancient Greece and Rome, as well as the essence of Renaissance art, and most of them are priceless treasures.
In terms of the quantity and quality of the antique artworks in its collection, the Vatican Museums are not inferior to other top museums, such as the British Museum and the Louvre, or even better!
In Europe, the Vatican Museums ranks quite high, ranking third or fourth as a famous art palace, and the same is true worldwide.
This is also one of the most expensive famous museums in Western Europe, and its opening hours are very short. It closes early at 1:30 noon. There is only one free opening day on Sunday at the end of the month.
But these have nothing to do with Ye Tian and the others. As guests invited by the Vatican and future collaborators, they once again enjoyed privileges.
Of course, the acquisition of this privilege is also related to two priceless treasures.
Those are the two paintings that Ye Tian previously presented to the Vatican, Raphael’s “Icon of the Virgin” and Michelangelo’s “Lamentation of the Christ”, in exchange for the Pope going to Boston to preside over the wedding and send his blessing!
When those two priceless treasures returned to the Vatican Museum, they caused a huge sensation in Rome, throughout Italy, and even around the world, attracting countless attention.
As the two paintings were publicly displayed again after more than two hundred years, countless art lovers flocked to the Vatican Museums to appreciate the two top works of art.
By the way, Ye Tian also gained a lot of favor in Italy and Rome. People here are generally grateful to him.
In view of this, no one raised any objection to Ye Tian and the others’ privilege to enter the museum after closing.
While talking, Ye Tian and his group had already arrived at the visitor entrance of the Vatican Museum, and joined several high-level officials from the Vatican Museum who were waiting here.
As soon as everyone stood still, the director of the Vatican Museums stepped forward and said enthusiastically:
“Good afternoon, Steven and Betty, welcome to the Vatican Museums. On behalf of all the museum staff, I would like to thank you again for your generosity and wish you a wonderful afternoon here”
“Good afternoon, Antonio, it’s a pleasure to see you again. It’s so polite. The two paintings by Raphael and Michelangelo originally belonged to the Vatican. We just borrowed flowers to present to the Buddha.
I have been admiring the Vatican Museums and the priceless treasures collected in them for a long time. I have wanted to visit here for a long time. Today I finally got my wish. I am very much looking forward to the next visit.”
Ye Tian said with a smile, and shook hands with the director of the Vatican Museum, acting very appropriately.
After being polite and exchanging a few words, Antonio led Ye Tian and the others into the Vatican Museum and began their tour to appreciate the many priceless treasures displayed in this museum.
After entering the Vatican Museum, the first exhibition hall Ye Tian and the others visited was the Gregorian Egyptian Museum, or the Egyptian Pavilion for short.
The entrance to this exhibition hall is small and looks very historical. There are many small exhibition halls inside, displaying precious cultural relics from various periods of ancient Egypt.
The most eye-catching one is a mummy with a history of more than 3,000 years. It is the mummy of a woman. It is quite well preserved. It is a famous and must-see collection in the Egyptian Museum.
Furthermore, the coffin lid of this female mummy is open and completely displayed in front of all tourists, which looks somewhat eerie.
Then there is the standing statue of Anubis, the king of mummies.
Anubis is the patron saint of souls in the ancient Egyptian theological system. He often appears in the form of a jackal in the murals of the pharaoh’s tombs and on other funerary objects.
Ye Tian was not very interested in the precious cultural relics in this exhibition hall, so he did not stay too long.
After taking a quick look at the cultural relics on display, they quickly left the exhibition hall and walked to the next exhibition hall.
Ye Tian has seen a lot of ancient Egyptian cultural relics in the Metropolitan Museum, the British Museum, and the Louvre, and has long since lost his curiosity.
What’s more important is that the spiritual power in his eyes is instinctively repulsive towards these corpses and many burial objects from thousands of years ago, and he doesn’t like the strong aura of death exuded by these cultural relics.
After leaving the Egyptian Museum, the group entered the Bio Clement Museum under the leadership of Antonio and Leonardo.
This is one of the most famous exhibition halls of the Vatican Museums. It mainly features sculptures from the ancient Greek and Roman periods, including the three major treasures of the Vatican Museum’s sculpture category!
They are respectively, “The Statue of Laocoon and His Sons”, “The Broken Body”, and “Apollo the Sun God on the Watchtower”.
In addition to these three treasures, there are also many world-famous sculptures on display here, each of which is priceless and unique.
Placed in any other museum, these sculptures would be treasure-level collections, but in the Vatican Museum, they can only be ranked second to others!
As soon as they entered the exhibition hall, Ye Tian and the others were completely attracted by the many exquisite sculptures in the hall. Everyone stopped in unison to admire them.