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Great Italians in the World |
Michelangelo in Rome - The Pauline Chapel The Chapel was built on the plans of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the spring of 1538. Michelangelo later decorated it as soon as he had finished work on the Sistine Chapel. The Chapel which is still private, is decorated with frescoes. On the left-hand wall is the Conversion of St. Paul, a theme which certainly alludes to the name of the pontiff client (Paul III Farnese), as the Crucifixion of St Peter on the opposite wall from 1546 to 1550, recalls the morale weight of the apostolate.
Other works in the Vatican are also due to Michelangelo, like the project of the Fortifications already started by Sangallo and of the double Staircase in the Belvedere Courtyard, modified at the beginning of the 18th Century through the elimination of the peperino balustrade.
The Pauline Chapel can only be visited with special permission (Apply to 06 69884947 - 06 69883333) |
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