Sistine Chapel

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Catholic religious building chapel tourist attraction

The Sistine Chapel is a renowned papal chapel in Vatican City famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes and The Last Judgment.

Aliases (1)

Cappella Sistina in Santa Maria Maggiore ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic religious building → chapel → tourist attraction →
architect	Giovanni dei Dolci →
architecturalStyle	Renaissance architecture →
builtBy	Pope Sixtus IV →
ceilingPaintedBy	Michelangelo NERFINISHED →
ceilingPaintingEndDate	1512 →
ceilingPaintingStartDate	1508 →
ceilingTheme	scenes from the Book of Genesis →
constructionEndDate	1481 →
constructionStartDate	1473 →
country	Vatican City →
dedicatedTo	Mary, Mother of Jesus →
floorPlanType	rectangular hall →
function	papal chapel → place of major papal ceremonies → site of papal conclaves →
governingBody	Holy See →
hasArtwork	The Creation of Adam → The Creation of Eve → The Delphic Sibyl → The Flood → The Libyan Sibyl → The Prophet Isaiah → The Prophet Jeremiah → The Separation of Light from Darkness → The Temptation and Expulsion from the Garden →
hasFeature	barrel-vaulted ceiling → frescoed walls → marble screen separating clergy and laity →
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Vatican City →
lastJudgmentPaintedBy	Michelangelo NERFINISHED →
lastJudgmentPaintingEndDate	1541 →
lastJudgmentPaintingStartDate	1536 →
locatedIn	Apostolic Palace → Vatican City →
namedAfter	Pope Sixtus IV →
notableWork	The Last Judgment by Michelangelo → ceiling frescoes by Michelangelo →
partOf	Vatican Museums complex →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
significance	masterpiece of High Renaissance art →
usedFor	Papal conclave to elect new popes →
wallDecorationBy	Cosimo Rosselli NERFINISHED → Domenico Ghirlandaio NERFINISHED → Luca Signorelli NERFINISHED → Pietro Perugino NERFINISHED → Sandro Botticelli NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1978 papal conclave → 2005 papal conclave → The Last Judgment →	location
1978 papal conclave →	cardinalsLockedIn
Sala Regia →	connectsTo
Vatican Hill →	contains
Vatican Museums →	hasPart
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes →	locatedIn
Renaissance papacy →	majorBuildingProject
College of Cardinals →	meetsIn
Borgia Apartments →	neighboringAttraction
Domenico Fontana ("Cappella Sistina in Santa Maria Maggiore") →	notableWork