7 May 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Cappella Paolina (the
Pauline Chapel) is a chapel in the
Apostolic Palace,
Vatican City. It is separated from the
Sistine Chapel by the
Sala Regia. It is not on any of the regular tourist itineraries.
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13 June 2015 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, House of the Month, Museums, Exhibitions
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Sistine Chapel © Maus-Trauden/GFDL
Sistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the
Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the
Pope in the
Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by
Renaissance artists including
Michelangelo,
Sandro Botticelli,
Pietro Perugino,
Pinturicchio and others. Under the patronage of
Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted 1,100 m2 (12,000 sq ft) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling, and especially
The Last Judgment (1535–1541), is widely believed to be Michelangelo’s crowning achievement in painting.
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