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The Sistine Chapel: A Masterpiece of Art and History
TLDR The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City is a renowned masterpiece of art, featuring frescoes depicting the life of Moses and the life of Christ. Painted by Michelangelo, the chapel underwent a major restoration in 1980 and is now in excellent condition, attracting visitors from around the world.
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The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City is a plain and uninteresting building from the outside, but inside it contains one of humanity's greatest artistic achievements.
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The original St. Peter's Basilica was in a state of disrepair, so a new chapel, the Sistine Chapel, was built on the same site.
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The Sistine Chapel was originally a plain building with no ornamentation, but it became famous for its interior frescoes depicting the life of Moses and the life of Christ.
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During the reign of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the pendentives in the Sistine Chapel, which was originally planned to depict the Twelve Apostles.
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Michelangelo reluctantly agreed to paint the pendentives in the Sistine Chapel, signing a contract for 3,000 ducats, and despite hating the experience and constantly fighting with the pope, he eventually completed the project in 1512.
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Michelangelo completed his famous Last Judgment fresco on the wall over the altar in the Sistine Chapel, depicting souls ascending into heaven and the damned descending into hell, marking the completion of all artistic projects in the chapel.
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The frescoes inside the Sistine Chapel underwent a major restoration in 1980, taking 10 years to complete, and are now in excellent condition, with visitors required to maintain silence and no photography allowed.
