Sistine Chapel

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by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/14/2021 - 03:16
If today you are still able to admire the original colors that Michelangelo painted for his absolute masterpieces, the Sistine Chapel鈥檚 vaulted ceiling and The鈥
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by Luciana.Squadrilli | Wed, 10/07/2020 - 06:20
Let me confess: although I have called Rome "home" for almost twenty years now, I have never visited the Vatican Museums. Too many crowds too many lines, too鈥
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by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/18/2020 - 06:31
The monumental tapestries made from designs by Raphael are exceptionally on view in the place they were originally intended for, the Sistine Chapel in Rome鈥檚鈥
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by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/12/2016 - 10:00
The Vatican Museums will stay open late every Friday until July 29 and again from September 2 to October 28. Extended opening hours are welcome at the museums鈥
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by Silvia Donati | Sun, 11/22/2015 - 07:54
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/03/2014 - 04:05
After three years of work, the Vatican Museums have installed a new lighting system with LED technology in the Sistine Chapel intended to protect the artworks鈥
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by Magda Lauer | Tue, 02/18/2014 - 03:50
鈥淯nique.鈥 鈥淒ivine.鈥 鈥淭errible.鈥 These words have all been used to describe Michelangelo Buonarroti. The word 鈥減henomenal鈥 would complete the description.鈥
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by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/02/2014 - 04:19
In 2014, visitors entering the Sistine Chapel will be greeted by a gleaming light, seeming to radiate from the chapel鈥檚 spectacular frescoes. That impression鈥
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by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 11/29/2013 - 05:00
Sky Italia is launching a documentary film exploring the Vatican Museums, 鈥淢usei Vaticani 3D,鈥 to be broadcast in Italy starting November 30 on Sky 3D and Sky鈥
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by Carol King | Wed, 10/30/2013 - 07:00
The head of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci, has said that the Vatican may have to reduce the number of visitors to the Sistine Chapel. Paolucci鈥