iDesigned by Donato Bramante around 1500 for Cardinal Oliviero Carafa, this elegant two-storey cloister beside the church of Santa Maria della Pace is one of Rome's first High Renaissance buildings. Today it stages major temporary art exhibitions across its upper galleries, wrapped around a serene central courtyard with a much-loved café and bookshop. From the first-floor Sala delle Sibille, a specially adapted window reveals Raphael's luminous fresco of the four Sibyls, painted around 1515.

Raphael's nearly six-metre fresco of the four Sibyls (c.1515) in adjacent Santa Maria della Pace, seen up close through a window in the first-floor Sala delle Sibille with an audio-visual guide.

The Chiostro's open-air permanent collection, with works by Ian Davenport, Alfredo Jaar, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Fallen Fruit set around the courtyard and facade; included with exhibition admission.
Via Arco della Pace 5, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Nearest station: Rinascimento (bus, Corso del Rinascimento), Zanardelli (bus) and Largo di Torre Argentina (tram/bus hub)
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| Fri | 09:30–21:00 |
| Sat | 09:30–21:00 |
| Sun | 09:30–20:00 |
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Ages 14-18 EUR 15; ages 5-13 EUR 10; under-5 free; reduced EUR 15-17 Mon-Fri (students, over-65s, teachers and others); open ticket EUR 22
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