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Name of landmark: Sistine Chapel
City & Country where it is located: City-Rome Country- Italy
Physical description: The walls are divided into three main tiers. The lower is decorated with frescoed wall hangings in silver & gold. The central tier of the walls has two cycles of paintings, which compliment each other, The Life of Moses & The Life of Christ. The upper tier is divided into two zones. At the lower level of the windows is a Gallery of Popes painted at the same time as the Lives. Around the arched tops of the windows are areas known as the lunettes which contain the Ancestors of Christ painted by Michelangelo as part of the scheme for the ceiling.
Historical Information: The Sistine Chapel is best known for being the location of Papal Concalves; it is, however, the chapel of the Papal Chapel, one of the two bodies of the Papal household, called into 1968 Papal Court. At the time of Pope Sixtus IV in the late 15th century, the Papal Chapel comprised about 200 people, including clerics, officials of the Vatican & distinguished laity. There were 50 occasions during the year on which it was prescribed by the Papal Calender that the whole Papal Chapel should meet. Of these 50 occasions, 35 were masses, of which 8 were held in Basilicas, in general St. Peter’s & were attended by large congregations. These including the Christmas Day & Easter masses, at which the Pope himself was the celebrant.
How it got its name: The chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who restored the old Cappella Magna between 1477 & 1480.
Reasons to visit: To see The Life of Moses, The life of Christ, The Gallery of Popes, The Lives, & The Ancestors of Christ.
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