The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum ...

Michelangelo painted the Last Judgment fresco on the west wall for Pope Paul III between 1534 and 1541. The two gigantic frescoes are considered among the greatest achievements in Western artistic ...

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.

Under Pope Julius II's patronage, between 1508 and 1512, Michelangelo painted the chapel's ceiling, then between 1535 and 1541, he painted the fresco "The Last Judgment" for Popes Clement VII and ...