Updated: 07/01/2011 12:47 | By MSN Travel contributors
In pictures: the world's 50 most beautiful things

Most beautiful ceiling



Michaelangelo's masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (© AP/PA)
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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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