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The Sistine Chapel is a renowned site of religious and artistic significance within the Vatican. Built from 1473 to 1481 and ...
Built between 1473 and 1481, the Sistine Chapel is visited by around five million people a year. It is most renowned for Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes and The Last Judgment, painted on the ...
As per the tradition, cardinals will gather under Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling to elect Francis’s successor. Steeped in centuries-old tradition, the Vatican's process of selecting a ...
The Great Flood is depicted as it was by Michelangelo at the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Two of the 13 artists — Sigmund Abeles of New York City and Sidney Hurwitz of Newton, Massachusetts ...
Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...