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  2. Sistine Chapel - Wikipedia

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    The Sistine Chapel's ceiling restoration began on 7 November 1984. When the restoration was completed, the chapel was re-opened to the public on 8 April 1994. The part of the restoration in the Sistine Chapel that has caused the most concern is the ceiling, painted by Michelangelo.

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]

  4. Tourism in Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    The Sistine Chapel is home to many pieces of art including statues, tapestries, and paintings by Michelangelo Buonarroti. One of the most famous attractions is the ceiling painting of Creation of Adam , along with the rest of the ceiling done by Michelangelo between the years of 1508 and 1512, [ 9 ] as well as The Last Judgment behind the altar ...

  5. Sala Regia (Vatican) - Wikipedia

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    To the left of the entrance formerly stood the papal throne, which is now at the opposite side before the door leading to the Pauline Chapel. [ 1 ] Map of the Apostolic Palace: 1-St.Peter's basilica 2-Sistine Chapel 3-Sala Regia 4,4b-Scala Regia 5-Pauline Chapel 6-Sala Ducale 7-Corridor of Bernini 8-St.Peter's Square 9-St.Peter's vestibule.

  6. Room of Tears - Wikipedia

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    The room is located in Vatican City, to the left of the altar of the Sistine Chapel, and contains three different sizes of papal outfits (large, medium, and small), for the new pontiff to choose from and initially dress in. [4] [5] [1] It also contains seven piled white shoe boxes, which are assumed to contain various sizes of the papal shoes. [6]

  7. Pope Francis invites artists to the Sistine Chapel as the ...

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    Pope Francis praised artists on Friday as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent as he welcomed 200 artists, filmmakers and writers into the Sistine Chapel to mark the 50th anniversary of ...

  8. The Sistine Chapel frescoes, up close: Armory exhibit brings ...

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    The traveling exhibit "Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel" will open March 11 and run for six weeks at the gallery in West Palm Beach

  9. Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia

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    The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art. The Sistine Chapel is the large papal chapel built within the Vatican between 1477 and 1480 by Pope Sixtus IV , for whom the chapel is named.