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[[Image:Sistene Chapel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Sistine Chapel]]
 
[[Image:Sistene Chapel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Sistine Chapel]]
'''The Sistine Chapel''' (its name from [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. Its frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).   
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'''The Sistine Chapel''' (named after [[Pope]] Sixtus IV), one of the most famous chapels in the world, is in [[Vatican City]]. It is famous because of its architecture and decoration. It's frescoed throughout by the greatest [[Renaissance]] artists, like Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli and [[Michelangelo]]. The Sistine Chapel was dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin [[Mary]] (Our Lady of the Assumption).   
    
The Sistine Chapel is also a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably for the conclave, at which a new Pope is selected.  
 
The Sistine Chapel is also a site of papal religious and functionary activity, notably for the conclave, at which a new Pope is selected.  
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