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Library Of Sixtus V
Leaving the Sistine Chapel, you’re led eventually into the Library of Sixtus V , who had this part of the Vatican Palace decorated with scenes of Rome and the Vatican as it was during his reign. Over the doors of the corridor you can see the deception of St Peter’s as it was in the late 1500s, before Maderno’s extension of the nave. Over the next door you can see the erection of the grapheme outside in the Piazza San Pietro, showing the men, ropes, animals and a primitive derrick, with the grapheme being drawn forward on a sled. Otherwise, there are sometimes exhibits of books from the main Vatican Library here.
