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Sistine Chapel in danger from sweat and dust

23 April, 2020

Professor Antonio Paolucci, a Vatican museum director has revealed that Sistine Chapel frescoes by Michelangelo are facing the risk of being damaged by visitors’ sweat. Dust and hair are also potential enemies. These rather shocking news came at the end…

Vatican Museums: night openings scheduled for September and October 2009

14 April, 2020

A moonlit Sistine Chapel without thousands of people crowded within an inch of you. Or the sunset on St. Peter’s from the Cortile delle Corazze. The rooms of Raffaello with windows open to the night sky.After the success of the…

Vatican Museums open at night: tickets online

3 April, 2020

The Vatican Museums at night could put you in mind of the opening scenes of the Da Vinci Code film, but the possibility of visiting the Sistine Chapel and the rest of the masterpieces in the Vatican Museums at night…

Rome: Michelangelo Buonarroti, architect, drawn into view with new exhibition

23 March, 2020

Michelangelo‘s art has, over the centuries, attracted millions of people from all over the world and Rome the city where the artist gave birth to many of his masterpieces will soon host an important exhibition devoted to his architectural projects.…