The unimpressive exterior of the Sistine Chapel, begun in 1473 by Pope Sixtus IV.

In addition to the Last Supper, note the panels above with Gethsemane, the betrayal of Christ, and the crucifixion.

Note Santa Spirito with the temptation of Christ atop the pediment

The Reverend Fred Busema presented a paper on the lives of Saints Francis and Clare together with a description of the frescos of the life of St. Francis by Giotto.

Parts of the Zerkindenhof date back to the 14th century.

Even the hallways of the Sala Regia are adorned with massive frescoes and baroque ornamentation. It was through these hallways that we were also taken by the Dutch papal sacristan, Archbishop van Lierde, who granted ...

Photos were not allowed in the Pauline chapel which is the pope's private chapel. Through the influence of the Ladies of Bethanie and the ecumenical euphoria of Vatican II, together with the pope's recent visit to Geneva ...

Described by some scholars as the earliest image of the universal mission of Christ to the Gentiles, this very early fresco in the Capella Greca of the Catacomb of Priscilla shows the three magi bringing gifts to a seated ...

Sistine ceiling by Michelangelo