The four Raphael Rooms (Italian: Stanze di Raffaello) form a suite of reception rooms in the Apostolic Palace, now part of the Vatican Museums, in Vatican City. They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop. Together with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, they are the grand fresco sequences that mark the High Renaissance in Rome. Running from east to west, as a visitor would have entered the apartment, but not following the sequence in which the Stanze were frescoed, the rooms are the Sala di Costantino ("Hall of Constantine"), the Stanza di Eliodoro ("Room of Heliodorus"), the Stanza della Segnatura ("Room of the Signatura"), and the Stanza dell'Incendio del Borgo ("The Room of the Fire in the Borgo").

00:20 The largest of the twelve rooms is the Sala di Costantino ("Hall of Constantine").
00:41 The Battle of Milvian Bridge, 1520-1524 The Battle of Milvian Bridge shows the battle that look place on October 28, 312, following Constantine's vision.
01:03 The Baptism of Constantine, 1517–1524 The third painting in the sequence, The Baptism of Constantine, was most likely painted by Gianfrancesco Penni, and shows the emperor being baptised by Pope Sylvester I in the Lateran Baptistery at Rome.
02:22 The Vision of the Cross, 1520–1524 The fresco of The Vision of the Cross depicts the legendary story of a great cross appearing to Constantine as he marched to confront his rival Maxentius.
03:00 The next room, going from East to West, is the Stanza di Eliodoro ("Room of Heliodorus"). Painted between 1511 and 1514, it takes its name from one of the paintings.
03:12 The Mass at Bolsena, 1512 The Mass at Bolsena depicts the story of a Bohemian priest who in 1263 ceased to doubt the doctrine of Transubstantiation when he saw the bread begin to bleed during its consecration at Mass.
03:45 Deliverance of Saint Peter, 1514 The Deliverance of Saint Peter shows, in three episodes, how Saint Peter was liberated from prison by an angel, as described in Acts 12.
04:00 The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila, 1514 The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila depicts the storied parley between the Pope and the Hun conqueror, and includes the legendary images of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the sky bearing swords.
04:27 The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple, 1511–1513
04:59 The Stanza della segnatura ("Room of the Signatura") was the first to be decorated by Raphael's frescoes.
05:10 Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, 1509-1510 The first composition Raphael executed between 1509 and 1510 was the Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, the traditional name for what is really an Adoration of the Sacrament. In the painting, Raphael created an image of the church, which is presented as spanning both heaven and earth.
05:20 The Cardinal Virtues, 1511 The two scenes on the fourth wall, executed by the workshop, and the lunette above it, containing the Cardinal Virtues, were painted in 1511. The Cardinal Virtues allegorically presents the virtues of fortitude, prudence and temperance alongside charity, faith, and hope.
06:08 The Cardinal Virtues, 1511 The two scenes on the fourth wall, executed by the workshop, and the lunette above it, containing the Cardinal Virtues, were painted in 1511. The Cardinal Virtues allegorically presents the virtues of fortitude, prudence and temperance alongside charity, faith, and hope.
06:20 The School of Athens, 1509-1511 Between 1509 and 1511, Raphael also completed another work on the wall opposite the Disputa. T
06:43 Raphael even added himself into the picture. It can be seen in this detail from the School of Athens. He is in the lower right hand corner of the painting, and is the only one looking at the viewer.
06:54 The Stanza dell'incendio del Borgo was named for the Fire in the Borgo fresco which depicts Pope Leo IV making the sign of the cross to extinguish a raging fire in the Borgo district of Rome near the Vatican.
07:06 The Fire in the Borgo, 1514–1517 The Fire in the Borgo shows an event that is documented in the Liber Pontificalis: a fire that broke out in the Borgo in Rome in 847. According to the Catholic Church, Pope Leo IV contained the fire with his benediction.
07:45 The Coronation of Charlemagne, 1516–1517 The Coronation of Charlemagne shows how Charlemagne was crowned Imperator Romanorum on Christmas Day, 800.
07:56 The Oath of Leo III, 1516–1517 On December 23, 800 AD, Pope Leo III took an oath of purgation concerning charges brought against him by the nephews of his predecessor Pope Hadrian I. This event is shown in The Oath of Leo III.
08:12 The Battle of Ostia, 1514–1515 The Battle of Ostia was inspired by the naval victory of Leo IV over the Saracens at Ostia in 849.
08:43 Chapel of Urban VIII The Chapel came into being in 1631 when the pontifical architects, upon request by Pope Urban VIII Barberini,
09:08 Outro

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