Vatican City, Vatican City

Sistine Chapel

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The Sistine Chapel is a ceremonial chapel within the Vatican Museums route, famous for Michelangelo's ceiling and Last Judgment.

Why visit

It is a singular destination for Renaissance fresco, papal ceremony, and the scale of artistic patronage in Rome.

Highlights

  • Michelangelo ceiling
  • The Last Judgment
  • Frescoes by Botticelli and Perugino

Themes

  • Michelangelo
  • Renaissance fresco
  • Papal chapel

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