Sistine Chapel
About Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, it 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 chapel's fame lies mainly in the frescoes that decorate its interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment, both by Michelangelo.
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In 1565, Pope Pius the Fourth commissioned artist Daniele da Volterra to add to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel fresco by painting underwear on all the naked people.
from 12: No Such Thing As A 164ft Tall Gorilla-Whale, 2014-05-24 at 00:16:03 · read transcript
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I love the idea that you would make one that was so good that the government couldn't get in, but also then you would immediately asphyxiate. Yes. Did you guys know that the Vatican used a Faraday cage in 2013 to shield the Sistine Chapel from eavesdropping? No one could hear who they were electing as Pope, because there was, I think in 2003, was it a Pope before that was elected?
12: No Such Thing As A 164ft Tall Gorilla-Whale, 2014-05-24 · listen
That's good line. That's true. Actually, while we were in Peru, we went to a place called the Sistine Chapel of America, San Pedro de Anda Jualeias. or something like that. It's very nice church, but the tour guide was a bit boring, so we kind of just ducked out. Next to it, there was a little museum of like NASCAR people, and they had a whole load of stuff about aliens.
No Such Thing As A Bouncy Theatre, 2017-09-22 · listen
Which is, I believe, beyond the medically certain way to cure it. You're right. You're right. Wow. Digital rectal massage. Yes. Is that what the Sistine Chapel is? Is God's finger coming towards. No. Stop. Adam, have you got hiccups? So this is Pope Pius the 12th. health, who reported this friend of the podcast, huge friend. Give me, give me, he was the guy who said that anyone who mentions Jesus his foreskin gets excommunicated.
Little Fish: Bizarre Choreography, Schnapps, and Singing in Swedish, 2025-12-21 · listen
The interesting thing about Raphael and how it backfired was that Raphael snuck in to see the Sistine Chapel mid-creation so Michelangelo said cover it up with canvas so no one can see it until it's fully done and Raphael snuck in and had a look and he was so devastated by how good it was that he returned to his picture of the Prophet Isaiah and completely destroyed it, scratched it off the wall and repainted the whole thing because he realised Michelangelo was so good. He got a really bad review when he first released the Sistine Chapel.
226: No Such Thing As A Turtle Painting The Ceiling, 2018-07-20 · listen
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