Sistine Chapel, Holy See view on map

world66.com:
Vatican City travel guide -The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see . . . . the travel guide you write. Read more from http://www.world66.com/europe/vaticancity

fodors.com:
Keep in mind that tours of the Giardini Vaticani start at 10 AM; it's possible to visit St. Peter's beforehand, but you won't have time for the Vatican Museums. Read more from http://www.fodors.com/world/europe/italy/rome/feat...

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XX_PARAGRAPHBREAK_XX More than 20 years later, Michelangelo was called on again, this time by the Farnese Pope Paul III, to add to the chapel's decoration by painting the Last Judgment on the wall over the altar. Read more from http://www.fodors.com/rants/rrread.cfm?destination...

letsgo.com:
No trip to Rome is complete without a brief wander through the rotting hulk of this former stadium, which was pillaged by popes during expansive medieval building projects. Read more from http://www.letsgo.com/destinations/europe/rome/dis...

gadling.com:
When I asked her about the highlight, Vatican City was the winner. Read more from http://www.gadling.com/2007/05/14/sistine-chapel-a...

frommers.com:
The Vatican Museums occupy a part of the papal palaces built from the 1200s onward. Read more from http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/A20644.h...

lonelyplanet.com:
The Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina) is best known for two of the most awe-inspiring acts of individual creativity in the history of the visual arts: Michelangelo's Genesis (Creation) frescoes on the barrel-vaulted ceiling and his Giudizio Universale (Last Judgement) on the end wall. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/holy-see/si...

fodors.com:
The massive walls surrounding Vatican City strongly underscore the fact that this is an independent, sovereign state. Read more from http://www.fodors.com/news/story_904.html

lonelyplanet.com:
In the end, Pope Julius was buried in St Peter's Basilica and the unfinished sculptures that were to have adorned this tomb are in the Louvre (Paris) and the Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence). Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/italy/rome/...

bugbog.com:
Arts/Culture guide: Museums and Galleries: Rome has an amazing variety of art offerings, not just a line up of pricey paintings; hundreds of spectacular and sometimes bizarre marble statues for a start...The top three museums are arguably: The Vatican Museums , Musei Vaticani. Read more from http://www.bugbog.com/european_cities/rome_travel....

wikitravel.org:
You will find "fashion police" at Rome's most visited churches -near the front doors of St Peter's, St Paul Outside the Walls, and often Sta Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Rome

wikitravel.org:
Disputes between a series of "prisoner" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Vatican_City

wikipedia.org:
Vatican City ,officially State of the Vatican City ( Latin : Status Civitatis Vaticanae ; Italian : Stato della Città del Vaticano ), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City

wikitravel.org:
Vatican City ( Citta del Vaticano ), also incorrectly known as but popularly synonymous with the Holy See ( Santa Sede ),is the last Papal state in existence and the temporal seat of the Pope, head of the worldwide Catholic Church. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Vatican

wikipedia.org:
New streets were also opened to connect the church to the two other Roman basilicas linked to Jesus' life, San Giovanni in Laterano and Santa Maria Maggiore. Read more from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Croce_in_Gerusa...

fodors.com:
Keep in mind that tours of the Giardini Vaticani start at 10 AM; it's possible to visit St. Peter's beforehand, but you won't have time for the Vatican Museums. Read more from http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?des...

lonelyplanet.com:
The Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina) is best known for two of the most awe-inspiring acts of individual creativity in the history of the visual arts: Michelangelo's Genesis (Creation) frescoes on the barrel-vaulted ceiling and his Giudizio Universale (Last Judgement) on the end wall. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/holy-see/si...

lonelyplanet.com:
At the centre of the work is Michelangelo's colossal Moses (with two small horns sticking out of his head and an impressive waist-length beard), flanked by statues of Leah and Rachel that were probably completed by Michelangelo's students. Read more from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destination...

gadling.com:
Congrats to Bubba for correctly guessing the train station above as Santa Lucia in Venice, Italy. Read more from http://www.gadling.com/category/italy/

travel-guides.com:
753BC Romulus kills his brother Remus and founds Rome c. 616BC Tarquinius Priscus is made king 507-6BC The Etruscans are expelled; the Roman Republic is declared 494BC The Plebeians revolt against the Patrician, or ruling, class 450BC Codification of Roman laws into Twelve Tables 390BC Rome is invaded by the Gauls 312BC Construction starts of the Appennine Way 219BC Following his crossing of the Alps, Hannibal takes control of most of Italy 168BC Rome conquers Greece 146BC After more than a hundred years of war, Rome destroys Carthage 100BC Emperor Julius Caesar is born 55BC The Roman invasion of Britain 44BC Brutus and Cassius assassinate Caesar on the Ides of March 31BC Anthony and Cleopatra are defeated by Octavian at the Battle of Actium AD37-41 Reign of Emperor Caligula 64 Nero fiddles while Rome burns 80 The Colosseum is completed 125 Pantheon is rebuilt 313 Following years of persecution, Constantine promulgates the Edict of Milan, which guarantees toleration of Christianity 410 The Visigoths march on Rome 475-6 Byzantium is proclaimed the centre of the Empire 800 Alliance with the Franks results in the crowning of Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor 1300 First Holy Year 1309 The papacy under Clement V moves to Avignon 1423 Holy Year 1450 Holy Year 1475 Holy Year 1508 Michelangelo begins the Sistine Chapel ceiling 1527 Charles V's troops sack Rome 1563 Council of Trent leads to the start of the Counter-Reformation 18th C Construction of Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps 1798 Pope is abducted by the French who declare Rome a republic 1808 Napoleon Bonaparte annexes the city 1814 Napoleon falls and the papacy is restored 1860 Kingdom of Italy is established. Read more from http://www.cityguide.travel-guides.com/city/105/hi...

letsgo.com:
6. Finally, on the last Sunday of each month, the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel are free. Read more from http://www.letsgo.com/articles/view.php?article=eu...

wikitravel.org:
A funicular railway runs from the railway station to Piazza Cahen and is an easy and spectacular way of getting into town. Read more from http://wikitravel.org/en/Orvieto

fodors.com:
cookiescompanion, I hope you don't feel bad about having left things out; the better way to look at things is to ask yourself if you enjoyed Venice and Rome, and I hope you can say yes to that. Read more from http://fodors.com/forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=...

bugbog.com:
Transylvania Live is a spectacular way to discover the country. Read more from http://www.bugbog.com/european_countries/romania_t...

travel-guides.com:
This down-to-earth square (surrounded by tumbledown orange-ochre facades and the only main piazza in Rome that does not contain a church) is a far cry from the more grandiose piazzas of the centro storico (historic centre). Read more from http://www.cityguide.travel-guides.com/city/105/fu...