Among the many galleries in the Vatican, the Map Gallery is often a favorite of the public, as many visitors travel to this place for religious purposes as the Vatican is one of the holiest places in the world, and the Map Gallery provides a scholarly approach to some of the museum's most interesting artworks ; By viewing maps from around the world created by Roman topographers during the 16th century, you can get a glimpse of what the world was thought to look like centuries ago.