What is Apostolic Palace?
[[File:Watykan Plac sw Piora kolumnada Berniniego.JPG|thumb|250px|View across [[St. Peter's Square]] to the Apostolic Palace]] The '''Apostolic Palace''', also called the '''Papal Palace''' or the '''Palace of the Vatican''', is the [[official residence]] of the [[Pope]] in the [[Vatican City]]. The palace is a complex of buildings, with the [[Papal Apartment]], the [[Catholic Church]]'s government offices, a handful of chapels, the [[Vatican Museum]] and the [[Vatican library]]. In all there are over 1,000 rooms with the most famous including the [[Sistine Chapel]] and its renowned ceiling [[fresco]]es painted by [[Michelangelo]] (restored between 1980 and 1990) and [[Raphael's Rooms]]. The other papal residences are at the [[Lateran Palace]] and the [[Castel Gandolfo]] outside [[Rome]]. Before 1871, the [[Quirinal Palace]] was the Pope's official residence. After the final overthrow of the [[Papal States]] in 1870, the [[King of Italy]] confiscated that palace in 1871, making it the king's official residence; after the abolition of the Italian monarchy in 1946, it became the President of the Italian Republic's residence. ==Related pages== * [[Borgia Apartment]] * [[Clementine Hall]] * [[Domus Sanctae Marthae]] * [[Papal Gentlemen]] * [[Papal Apartment]] * [[Sistine Chapel]] * [[Raphael Rooms]] <!-- {{Papal symbols and ceremonial}} {{coor title dms|41|54|13|N|12|27|23|E|region:VA_type:landmark}} [[Category:Palaces in the Vatican City|Vatican, Palace of the]] [[Category:Official residences]] --> [[Category:Buildings and structures in Vatican City]] [[Category:Palaces in Europe]] <!-- [[Category:Palaces in Rome|Apostolic Palace (Vatican Palace)]] [[Category:Episcopal palaces]] -->