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Sistine chapel

  • Sistine Chapel
  • Cappella Sistina  (Italian)
Sistina-interno.jpg
View of the interior of the Sistine Chapel.
Sistine Chapel is located in Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
Location on a map of Vatican City
Basic information
Location Vatican City
Geographic coordinates 41°54′11″N 012°27′16″E / 41.90306°N 12.45444°E / 41.90306; 12.45444Coordinates: 41°54′11″N 012°27′16″E / 41.90306°N 12.45444°E / 41.90306; 12.45444
Affiliation Roman Catholic
District Diocese of Rome
Year consecrated 15 August 1483
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Papal oratory
Leadership Francis
Website mv.vatican.va
Architectural description
Architect(s) Baccio Pontelli, Giovanni de Dolci
Architectural type Church
Groundbreaking 1473
Completed 1481
Specifications
Length 40.9 metres (134 ft)
Width (nave) 13.4 metres (44 ft)
Height (max) 20.7 metres (68 ft)
Official name: Vatican City
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iv, vi
Designated 1984
Reference no. 286
State Party Flag of the Vatican City.svg Holy See
Region Europe and North America

The Sistine Chapel (/ˌsɪstn ˈæpəl/; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who restored it between 1477 and 1480. Since that time, the chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today it is the site of the Papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, and most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment by Michelangelo.

During the reign of Sixtus IV, a team of Renaissance painters that included Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Roselli, created a series of frescos depicting the Life of Moses and the Life of Christ, offset by papal portraits above and trompe l’oeil drapery below. These paintings were completed in 1482, and on 15 August 1483 Sixtus IV celebrated the first mass in the Sistine Chapel for the Feast of the Assumption, at which ceremony the chapel was consecrated and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.


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