10 Fascinating Facts about the Sistine Chapel

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Source/Further reading:

http://articles.philly.com/1994-04-24/news/25862007_1_toti-scialoja-sistine-restoration-sistine-frescoes
http://artdaily.com/news/40651/Tourist-Crowds-Threaten-Vatican-s-Sistine-Chapel-Says-Vatican-Museums-Chief#.VIivB3tTsZx
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Q-EvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=michelangelo+blind+sistine+chapel&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JBBJVLuSGdaAygSqgoJ4&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=michelangelo%20blind%20sistine%20chapel&f=false
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/saving-italy-follows-wwii-monuments-men-1.5324570
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/saving-italy-follows-wwii-monuments-men-1.5324570
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2010/01/labor_pains.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-measure-of-genius-michelangelos-sistine-chapel-at-500-123313873/?no-ist
http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/20/news/companies/porsche-sistine-chapel/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-lancashire/plain/A681680
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/michelangelos-last-judgment.htm

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