Remarkable History And Photos

THE SISTINE CHAPEL.This tour guides you through the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.The Sistine Chapel was built between 1475 and 1483, in the time of Pope Sixtus IV. Its basic feature is the papal function, as the pope's chapel and the location of the elections of new popes. The architectural plans for the chapel were made by Baccio Pontelli and the construction was supervised by Giovannino de'Dolci.In 1481 Pope Sixtus IV summoned to Rome the Florentine painters Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli, as well as the Perugian Pietro Perugino to decorate the walls with frescoes. Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling. The work was completed between 1508 and 1512. He painted the Last Judgement over the altar, between 1535 and 1541, being commissioned by Pope Paul III.