Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...
A Denbighshire church has launched an urgent worldwide funding appeal to save its medieval roof from decay and possible loss. Considered perhaps the finest in Wales, the 500-year-old roof at St ...
Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.
Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...
The Sistine Chapel just got a makeover. Vatican officials unveiled new state-of-the-art energy-efficient lighting and air purification systems to protect Michelangelo’s more than 500-year old ...
Attractions encompass the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, making this city-state so immense (and notoriously crowded) that guided Vatican tours are highly recommended.
Speak to Sister Catherine in the Sistine Chapel, then go to the Library and ... paths that will take you to the Inscription on the roof of the Apostolic Palace. The two easiest are: Climb out ...
The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.