The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican ... This strictly confidential gathering sees Roman Catholic cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a decision is made.

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

In the afternoon, they walk in a solemn procession into the Sistine Chapel, which will have undergone a security sweep to check for any illicit recording devices before their arrival. For ...

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting on ... in a papal residence 30km from Rome, will remain shut "in mourning", the Museums Directorate announced. Castel Sant’Angelo—a former ...

Rome has two international airports ... operations and returns the buildings to what they were built for. The Sistine Chapel, for example, will hold the conclave, while St. Peter’s will be ...

If you think of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, you might conjure an image of Michelangelo’s famous ceiling. But what does that famous place, or any place, sound like? A new project timed to World ...