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Remembering the Sistine Chapel Restorer Whose Seminal Work Brought Back Michelangelo’s Original Colors

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/14/2021 - 03:16

If today you are still able to admire the original colors that Michelangelo painted for his absolute masterpieces, the Sistine Chapel’s vaulted ceiling and The…

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Rome, Discovering a Quieter Dolce Vita

by Luciana.Squadrilli | Wed, 10/07/2020 - 06:20

Let me confess: although I have called Rome "home" for almost twenty years now, I have never visited the Vatican Museums. Too many crowds too many lines, too…

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Detail from one of Raphael's tapestries for the Sistine Chapel

500 Years Later, Raphael’s Tapestries Return to Sistine Chapel

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/18/2020 - 06:31

The monumental tapestries made from designs by Raphael are exceptionally on view in the place they were originally intended for, the Sistine Chapel in Rome’s…

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Friday Night at the Vatican Museums

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/12/2016 - 10:00

The Vatican Museums will stay open late every Friday until July 29 and again from September 2 to October 28. Extended opening hours are welcome at the museums…

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Ten Things We Are Grateful to Italy For

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 11/22/2015 - 07:54

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New Light for the Sistine Chapel

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/03/2014 - 04:05

After three years of work, the Vatican Museums have installed a new lighting system with LED technology in the Sistine Chapel intended to protect the artworks…

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Italy's Treasures: Michelangelo

by Magda Lauer | Tue, 02/18/2014 - 03:50

“Unique.” “Divine.” “Terrible.” These words have all been used to describe Michelangelo Buonarroti. The word “phenomenal” would complete the description.…

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Thousands of LEDs to Illuminate Sistine Chapel

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/02/2014 - 04:19

In 2014, visitors entering the Sistine Chapel will be greeted by a gleaming light, seeming to radiate from the chapel’s spectacular frescoes. That impression…

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Inside the Vatican Museums

by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 11/29/2013 - 05:00

Sky Italia is launching a documentary film exploring the Vatican Museums, “Musei Vaticani 3D,” to be broadcast in Italy starting November 30 on Sky 3D and Sky…

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Vatican May Limit Visitors To Sistine Chapel To Reduce Pollution

by Carol King | Wed, 10/30/2013 - 07:00

The head of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci, has said that the Vatican may have to reduce the number of visitors to the Sistine Chapel. Paolucci…