Visiting Rome is always a great thrill, but nothing compares with what’s inside the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.
The latter takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, born Francesco della Rovere, who consecrated the chapel in 1483. In October 1512 Michelangelo Buonarroti completed the work assigned to him by Pope Julius II, in which he had painted the stories of Genesis, from the creation to the fall of man, from the Flood to the rebirth of humankind with Noah and his family.
Visiting Rome is always a great thrill, but nothing compares with what’s inside the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.
The latter takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, born Francesco della Rovere, who consecrated the chapel in 1483. In October 1512 Michelangelo Buonarroti completed the work assigned to him by Pope Julius II, in which he had painted the stories of Genesis, from the creation to the fall of man, from the Flood to the rebirth of humankind with Noah and his family.
