More than 5 million tourists visit the chapel annually, making it one of the most visited places in the world. Besides being the pope's main chapel, the Sistine Chapel has been the site of the ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

AIROLDI: First, they go and visit a chapel called the Pauline Chapel ... which is now closed - wooden door in the Sistine Chapel. They all come in and they sign their name and other rituals ...

Visitors are also warned against using their mobile phones inside the Sistine Chapel, and tourists are “requested to observe absolute silence” during their visit out of “respect for and in ...

But for those heading there now, they will be unable to visit. "Notice is hereby given that the Sistine Chapel will be closed to the public from Monday 28 April 2025 for the requirements of the ...