The Sistine Chapel

Pope Sixtus IV's private chapel in the Vatican, therefore also known as the Sistine Chapel, was built in the years 1477-1480 and later decorated by the most famous artists of the time, Sandro Botticelli, Cosimo Rosselli, Pietro Perugino and Domenico Ghirlandaio. Most famous are the beautiful ceiling paintings of scenes from the Creation, painted by Michelangelo in 1508-1512, but also the altar wall, painted by Michelangelo some 20 years later, depicting the Last Judgement.