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The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the paintings

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‘I’m not sure there’s a more special privilege in the world than to hold the key for the Sistine Chapel and to experience it’s glory in silence,’ says actor

Beneath a replica of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpiece, players battle it out in one of the most unique cricketing venues you could find. But is their innings coming to an end?

Reminiscent of the scene in Oscar-nominated film The Two Popes where Cardinal Julio Bergoglio (Jonathan Price) was led by the Swiss Guards up the long staircase to have audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins) at the Apostolic Palace, a group of Buddhist monks and laymen were guided…

The exhibition will showcase Michelangelo's renowned ceiling frescoes from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, reproduced photographically and artfully displayed in their original size.

Jason Momoa, having drawn ire for taking photographs in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel – where pictures are strictly forbidden – apologized on Sunday via Instagram, during a workout, saying he had not intended any offense.

Jason Momoa has apologised for taking photos and videos during a visit to the Sistine Chapel last week, sharing a workout video that doubled as an apology. 

Strict rules in place ban photographs or filming - meaning that fans should not be allowed to grab a selfie with Michelangelo's most famous work, The Last Judgement fresco