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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know the Eternal City? Art in Rome and the Vatican

Edoardo Cesarino 10 May 2025

If you are into art history, Rome is the place to be. There are few cities in the world that can rival the Eternal City for breadth, depth, and sheer scale of artistic achievement over time. But do you know your Roman from your Rococo, and your Renaissance from your Baroque? Let’s put your knowledge to the test with a quiz on art in Rome!

Note: This quiz also includes art in Vatican City, which, despite being a formally independent state, shares an inseparable bond with Rome.

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Perhaps the most famous ceiling in the world, the Sistine Chapel welcomes millions of visitors each year. But what secretive event of the Catholic Church does it also host?

Quiz art in Rome: Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. Photograph by Alex Proimos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. Photograph by Alex Proimos via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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