THE SISTINE CHAPEL IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING THE LOCATION OF THE PAPEL CONCLAVES OR ELECTION OF THE NEW POPE
THE CAPELLA MAGGIORE DERIVED ITS NAME , THE GREATER CHAPEL, FROM THE FACT THERE WAS ANOTHER CHAPEL USED BY THE POPE
THE FIRST MASS IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL WAS HELD ON AUGUST 9TH 1483, THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION AT WHICH THE CHAPEL WAS CONSECRATED TO THE VIRGIN MARY |
