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Sistine Chapel
Vatican Palace, Viale del Vaticano, Rome, ItalyTel: +39 068 530 1758 • Web: Visit this site »
Visiting Rome for the first time, visitors must experience the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican structure with 50 million monthly visitors. The Chapel was built between 1477 and 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV. From 1480 to 1483 the walls were decorated by famous artists of Renaissance, such as Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio. After twenty years, Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to decorate the ceiling in 1508. Today, after the restoration, tourists can visit the chapel and see Michelangelo's 'Last Judgement'. The Vatican has placed its enormous art collection on the Web in hopes that it will attract more tourists. The site allows visitors to take a virtual reality tour of some of the dozen museums and galleries that make up the Vatican collection, viewing Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel with a three-dimensional video. At the Chapel, you will invariably find it crowded with hundreds of tourists, so be prepared. The best way to see it is to go to the Vatican Museums early, so that you're among the first in line when they open. Silence should be observed and photography is not prohibited.
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User Rating: 7.0 Based on 9 user ratings |
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Oct 9, 2005 by
Susan from Topeka
Overall Rating: 6
- Impressive art.
- Crowded, long lines, hard to get a reservation from the Vatican.
“When the Vatican did not fax our reservation request to us before we left or to any of our hotels, we had to stand in line or buy a group tour. We were lucky to arrive around 2 p.m. when the line was fairly short, and we were in the museum within 25 minutes. If we had a Vatican reservation, we could have gone right in through the exit and proceeded with a tour - just fax your request 2-3 weeks ahead of time. It would be most helpful to have binoculars to see the Sistine Chapel ceiling in detail, and to have a good travel guide book that outlines the panels for you. ”
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