No prizes for guessing this one. Goethe once wrote that: "Without having seen the Sistine chapel, one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving." Experts by the dozen describe Michelangelo's high Renaissance masterpiece as a pivotal point in art history. The Sistine chapel is found in the Apostolic Palace, the Pope's official residence in Vatican City.
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