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    Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel

    Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel

    In the spring of 1509, just two years after a mapmaker coined the word “America” in honor of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, a fellow Florentine named Buonarotti was beginning to work on one of the defining masterpieces of Western Civilization. His first name—Michelangelo—would also reverberate through the ages. And, like many of the early transatlantic voyages of discovery, his ceiling frescoes in Rome’s Sistine Chapel had gotten off to a terrible start.


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    I still liked the Hagia Sophia the best. Standing where 1000 years of Roman emperors were crowed was impressive. It is in my profile pic.
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    The Hagia Sophia is amazing. All the Russian cathedrals ape it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerrard Winstanley View Post
    The Hagia Sophia is amazing. All the Russian cathedrals ape it.
    It is very cool. Right on the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus.
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