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12/17/2009
The Sistine Chapel, designed by Michelangelo, took almost eleven years to build (1473 to 1484) under the supervision of Giovannino de Dolci for Pope Sixtus IV. Find out more about the Sistine Chapel at http://vaticanart.net/painting-of-the-sistine-ceiling
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