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Sistine Chapel

Sistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in 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...

Timeline of Events

1483

8.9.1483

Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.

8.15.1483

Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.

1512

11.1.1512

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.