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Station 3 â Michelangelo's Frescoes. The ceiling and western wall of the Sistine Chapel are adorned with some of the most celebrated paintings in the world created by the famous artist â Michelangelo Buonarroti. Michelangelo was commissioned to paint the ceiling in 1508 and he completed his work in 1512.
Rome's Sistine Chapel: 50 fascinating facts. 1. The Sistine Chapel â Cappella Sistina in Italian â takes its name from the man who commissioned it, Pope Sixtus IV: âSixtusâ in Italian is âSistoâ. 2. Some 25,000 people a day, or five million people a year, visit the chapel. 3. Entry to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel costs â¬16, an annual revenue for the Vatican of around â¬80 million or Â£70 million a year.