How big are the Papal apartments?

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I’ve read accounts of the various Popes and have gotten varying pictures as to how large the Papal apartments are. I know this isn’t really important, but I am curious.
 
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I’ve read accounts of the various Popes and have gotten varying pictures as to how large the Papal apartments are. I know this isn’t really important, but I am curious.
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The Papal Apartments have seven large rooms plus a private chapel, a roof garden and staff quarters for the nuns who run the Papal Household.

The rooms were originally highly decorated with rich ornate furnishings. However following the Second Vatican Council Pope Paul VI, had the private rooms in the Vatican Apartments stripped of all ornate decor, preferring what he viewed as a form of monastic simplicity. He also redesigned the private chapel.
 
Have you ever seen the papal chapel? It is nice. The altar faces away from the people.
 
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