Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the , the pope's official residence in . Originally known as the Cappella Magna, it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: chapel in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City
  • Postal code: 00120

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square.

Church
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian Renaissance located in , an independent microstate enclaved within the city of , Italy. is situated 100 metres southwest of Sistine Chapel.

Square
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St. Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of in , the papal enclave in , directly west of the neighborhood of . is situated 140 metres southeast of Sistine Chapel.

Museum
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The four form a suite of reception rooms in the , now part of the , in . They are famous for their frescoes, painted by Raphael and his workshop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and North Rome.

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of . While the oldest section of Rome is at the , and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.

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The North of is comprised of Municipi III, XI-XV.

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn. is situated 2½ km southeast of Sistine Chapel.

Sistine Chapel

Latitude
41.90293° or 41° 54′ 11″ north
Longitude
12.4544° or 12° 27′ 16″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FHJWF33+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
7778930
Wiki­data ID
Q2943
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sistine Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sixtynse kapel”
  • Albanian: “Cappella Sistina”
  • Albanian: “Kishëza Sistine”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سيستينا”
  • Armenian: “Սիքստինյան կապելլա”
  • Asturian: “Capiella Sixtina”
  • Asturian: “Capiya Sixtina”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sikstin kapellası”
  • Balinese: “Kapel Sistina”
  • Basque: “Kapera Sistinoa”
  • Basque: “Kapera Sixtinoa”
  • Belarusian: “Сіксцінская капэла”
  • Belarusian: “Сыкстынская капліца”
  • Belarusian: “Сыкстынская капэля”
  • Bosnian: “Sikstinska kapela”
  • Breton: “Chapel Sistina”
  • Bulgarian: “Сикстинска капела”
  • Catalan: “Capella Sixtina”
  • Central Bikol: “Kapilya Sistina”
  • Chechen: “Сикстин капелла”
  • Chinese: “西斯廷小堂”
  • Chinese: “西斯廷礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “西斯汀小堂”
  • Chinese: “西斯汀礼拜堂”
  • Chinese: “西斯汀禮拜堂”
  • Croatian: “Sikstinska kapela”
  • Czech: “Sixtinská kaple”
  • Danish: “Det Sixtinske Kapel”
  • Dutch: “Sixtijnse Kapel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة سيستينا”
  • Esperanto: “Siksta Kapelo”
  • Estonian: “Sixtuse kabel”
  • Finnish: “Sikstuksen kappeli”
  • French: “chapelle Sixtine”
  • French: “Chapelle Sixtine”
  • Galician: “Capela Sistina”
  • Georgian: “სიქსტეს კაპელა”
  • German: “Sixtinische Kapelle”
  • Greek: “Καπέλα Σιξτίνα”
  • Greek: “Καπέλα Σιστίνα”
  • Greek: “Καπέλλα Σιξτίνα”
  • Hebrew: “הקפלה הסיסטינית”
  • Hindi: “सिस्टिन चैपल”
  • Hungarian: “Sixtus kápolna”
  • Hungarian: “Sixtus-kápolna”
  • Icelandic: “Sixtínska kapellan”
  • Ido: “Kapelo Sistina”
  • Inari Sami: “Sikstus kappel”
  • Indonesian: “Kapel Sistina”
  • Irish: “Séipéal Sistíneach”
  • Italian: “cappella Sistina”
  • Italian: “Cappella Sistina”
  • Japanese: “システィーナ礼拝堂”
  • Kazakh: “Сикстин капелласы”
  • Korean: “시스티나 경당”
  • Korean: “시스티나 성당”
  • Kurdish: “Kapela Sîkstînî”
  • Latin: “Capella Sixtina”
  • Latin: “Sacellum Sixtinum”
  • Latvian: “Siksta kapela”
  • Ligurian: “Cappélla Sistinn-a”
  • Lithuanian: “Siksto koplyčia”
  • Lombard: “Capella Sistina”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sixtinesch Kapell”
  • Macedonian: “Систинска капела”
  • Malay: “Gereja Kecil Sistine”
  • Malay: “Kapel Sistina”
  • Malayalam: “സിസ്ടിൻ ചാപ്പൽ”
  • Manx: “Cabbal Hiasteenagh”
  • Mingrelian: “სიქსტეშ კაპელა”
  • Narom: “Chapelle Sistinne”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det sixtinske kapell”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det sixtinske kapellet”
  • Norwegian: “Det sixtinske kapell”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Capèla Sixtina”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਿਸਟੀਨ ਚੈਪਲ”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سیستین”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Sykstyńska”
  • Portuguese: “Capela Sistina”
  • Romanian: “Capela Sixtină”
  • Romansh: “Chapella Sistina”
  • Russian: “Сикстинская капелла”
  • Serbian: “Сикстинска капела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sikstinska kapela”
  • Sicilian: “Cappella Sistina”
  • Sinhala: “සිස්ටීන් උප දෙව්මැදුර”
  • Sinhala: “සිස්ටීන් චැපල්”
  • Slovak: “Sixtínska kaplnka”
  • Slovenian: “Sikstinska kapela”
  • Spanish: “Capilla Sixtina”
  • Swahili: “Kikanisa cha Sisto IV”
  • Swedish: “Sixtinska kapellet”
  • Swiss German: “Sixtineschi Kapälle”
  • Tagalog: “Kapilya Sistina”
  • Tamil: “சிஸ்டைன் சிற்றாலயம்”
  • Telugu: “సిస్టీన్ చాపెల్”
  • Thai: “โบสถ์น้อยซิสทีน”
  • Turkish: “cappella Sistina”
  • Turkish: “Sistina Şapeli”
  • Ukrainian: “Сикстинська капела”
  • Ukrainian: “Сікстинська капела”
  • Urdu: “سسٹین چیپل”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà nguyện Sistina”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà nguyện Sixtina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Capilya Sixtina”
  • Welsh: “Cappella Sistina”
  • Western Frisian: “Sikstynske Kapel”
  • Wu Chinese: “西斯廷小堂”
  • Yue Chinese: “西斯汀禮拜堂”
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