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... chapel to the left of the high altar holds two masterpieces by Caravaggio ( c . 1569-1609 ) : the Crucifixion of St Peter , and the Conversion of St Paul . The second chapel on the left is the magnificent Chigi chapel , designed by ...
... chapel to the left of the high altar holds two masterpieces by Caravaggio ( c . 1569-1609 ) : the Crucifixion of St Peter , and the Conversion of St Paul . The second chapel on the left is the magnificent Chigi chapel , designed by ...
Page 80
... Chapel , the entrance to which is then double - locked . The cardinals meet twice daily before voting and scrutinizing the votes . If the outcome of the vote is negative then black smoke issues from the chimney of the Sis- tine Chapel ...
... Chapel , the entrance to which is then double - locked . The cardinals meet twice daily before voting and scrutinizing the votes . If the outcome of the vote is negative then black smoke issues from the chimney of the Sis- tine Chapel ...
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... Chapel ( which is still the pope's private chapel ) . Once again , Michelangelo was loth to undertake the commis- sion of the Last Judgement , he was now nearly sixty , and the physical energy required to execute a fresco of over 350 ...
... Chapel ( which is still the pope's private chapel ) . Once again , Michelangelo was loth to undertake the commis- sion of the Last Judgement , he was now nearly sixty , and the physical energy required to execute a fresco of over 350 ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall