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Vatican Gardens in Minibus, Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
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The gardens have been the resting and meditation place of the Roman Pontiff since 1279, when Pope Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1277-1280) moved the papal residence back from the Lateran to the Vatican.
Within the new walls, which had to be built to defend his residence, the Pope had an orchard (pomerium), a meadow (pratellum) and a real garden (viridarium) planted.