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The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built b
East side of the Chapel, from the altar end
The Sistine Chapel as it may have appeared in the 15th century (19th-century drawing)
Exterior of the Sistine Chapel.
A reconstruction of the appearance of the west Wall chapel in the 1480s, prior to the painting of the ceiling.
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Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, often shortened as the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state in Southern Europe. Ruled by the pope, it is an enclave within the city of Rome, I
Sistine Chapel
…Sistine Chapel ( SIST-een; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina ) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna ('Great Chapel'), it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that…
Vatican City
The Vatican obelisk in St. Peter's Square was brought to Rome from Egypt by Caligula.
Musicians of the British Army's 38th (Irish) Brigade playing in front of St. Peter's Basilica in June 1944
A view of St. Peter's Square from the top of Michelangelo's dome