Best Gardens in Holy See (Vatican City State)

The beautiful statue is at the Pigna Courtyard, at the middle of the Vatican Museum.

Me and my wife visited the Cortile della Pigna (Courtyard of the Pinecone) in Vatican City a few weeks ago. It's a truly unique and beautiful courtyard in the absolutely outstanding and panets-unique Vatican Museums, and it's home to some amazing sculptures, including the 16th-century Fontana della Pigna (Fountain of the Pinecone).
The fountain is a colossal bronze pinecone, which was originally found in the Baths of Agrippa. It's a **masterpiece of Roman art**, and it's one of the most popular tourist attractions here.
The courtyard is also home to the tourists-favorite Sphere Within Sphere (Sfera con sfera) sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro. This sculpture is a series of concentric spheres, with the largest sphere on the outside and the smallest sphere on the inside. The spheres are cracked and distorted, which gives the sculpture a eerieest effect.
The courtyard is a great place to relax and take a break from exploring the Vatican Museums what we certainly did there. It's also a great place to take photos, and the fountain and the sculpture are both very photogenic of course.

Nice courtyard in between different ailes. With a restaurant / coffee inside.
The light when it s sunny is really intense. Peace of heaven in the crowd

This is where the journey starts to enjoy creations in the museum.

Nice area to relax after your visit, beautiful

Beautiful courtyard in the vatican museums. Its has a cafe and lots of interesting items.

Es ist ein sehr schöner Garten und zur Richtigen Zeit kann man hier "Fallobst" oder sich selber Orangen pflücken. Würde damit aber vorsichtig sein. Es ist vielleicht nicht erlaubt selbst zu pflücken.

Beautiful garden to take some rest after the Vatican museums tour but if you want to drink good coffee I don’t recommend you that coffee shop.

Beautiful courtyard that tourist pass during the visit to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.There is a restaurant and benches to sit and relax and take a break if you wish. There is a Globe that spins in the center of the square. Worth making a short stop over here to enjoy the view and a cup of coffee.

Nice relaxing area right after the your visit from Vatican Museum.😊👍🇮🇹

Wonderful courtyard . There are also illustrations about the Sixteen Chapel which were superbly supplemented by our wonderful tour guide Fabiola from
the Roman Guy.

For my American friends: The CDC vaccination card is accepted everywhere instead of the European Green Pass

Magnificent place, with the museum ticket you can go there, it is a nice break for those who got full experience and have to go to the other sites. The gardens have a phenomenal beauty feels like you are not in the heart of Rome, rather a peaceful quiet place. There is alao a nice cafe restaurant there for a quick bite.

You can relax here after visiting the museum with a cup of coffee or food from the café inside (which is quite moderately priced) - you have a nice view of parts of the museum and Vatican gardens!!!!!

Before going into the Vatican Museum, you will pass by this giant fractured sphere called Sfera con Sfera, translated as Sphere within a Sphere, is a bronze statue that appears golden as the sun shines down on it. It is 4 meters (a little over 13 feet) in diameter.
First time i see it, really amazed me. maybe because its shining like gold. Good job to italian sculptor, Arnaldo Pomodoro. This is masterpiece!!.

Wunderschöner Ort vor allem auch am Abend, richtig schöner Blick, im Vordergrund der Garten und dahinter die Kuppel vom Petersdom.

Very well maintained