Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.
The Sistine Chapel just got a makeover. Vatican officials unveiled new state-of-the-art energy-efficient lighting and air purification systems to protect Michelangelo’s more than 500-year old ...
Pope Francis is set to feature in a documentary filmed in the Sistine Chapel about the universal power of pop culture and the performing arts, titled “Preacher of Beauty: A Spiritual Journey ...
For interior sequences involving the Sistine Chapel and Casa Santa Marta, the crew turned to the iconic Cinecittà Studios, one of the largest studios in Europe and production hub for the likes of ...