Sistine Chapel

Leonardo da Vinci and the Ottoman Empire

Five hundred years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci’s interaction with the Ottomans is memorialised in his designs for a bridge and his overtures to the Ottoman Sultans of the time.

'Sistine Chapel of the UK' re-opens in London after renovation

The Painted Hall of the 17th century Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich is decorated with the work of British artist James Thornhill, which he began in 1707 and finished in 1726.

Neglect and rain threaten 'Sistine Chapel of the Andes'

Officials from the Roman Catholic Church, Bolivia's culture ministry and the local government are planning to meet to figure out a plan to save the church.