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And either white or black smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel are used to signify different stages in this super-secret election process. Article continues below But what does each colour of the ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

Part of Michelangelo's work that adorns the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Italy. Credit: Getty Images It's all in the details. The Sistine Chapel can now be viewed from a whole new ...

You might think you’d have to head for Rome to see Michelangelo’s masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel. But it turns out there’s a replica tucked away in a Sussex church, and it can be viewed without ...

Entering the Sistine Chapel is an exercise in wonder. It is swathed in art, seemingly no expense spared, and there’s barely a soul inside to detract from the visual onslaught. To anyone who has ...

Pope Francis is set to feature in a documentary filmed in the Sistine Chapel about the universal power of pop culture and the performing arts, titled "Preacher of Beauty: A Spiritual Journey ...

Attractions encompass the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, making this city-state so immense (and notoriously crowded) that guided Vatican tours are highly recommended.

The cave is shaped like a horseshoe and carved out of limestone rock. "It's the Sistine Chapel of crystals," Juan Manuel ...