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Sistine Chapel, Rome

The Chapel was built between 1477 and 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV. From 1480 to 1483 the the walls were decorated with frescoes by famous artists of Renaissance, such as Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio. After twenty years, in 1508 Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to decorate the ceiling. Today, after the restoration, Michelangelo’s original colours of the “Last Judgement” sparkle gloriously.