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He intended the holy city to become a showcase for the popes returning from Avignon after a painful schism with Rome. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo Tourists visiting the chapel ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

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Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

Pope Francis is set to feature in a documentary filmed in the Sistine Chapel about the universal ... summit organized by the Vitae Foundation in Rome, where celebrities of various types gathered ...