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| {{Landmarks Infobox
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| |image = SistineChapelDB.png
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| |description = The Pope's personal chapel.
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| |location = [[Vaticano District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
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| |dateconstructed = 1483 CE
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| |functions = Church
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| |hidea = yes}}
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| The '''Cappella Sistina''', or '''Sistine Chapel''', is the chapel of the Pope in [[Rome]], and center of the {{Wiki|Catholic Church|Catholic faith}} and [[Papacy]].
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| ==History==
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| ===Conception===
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| Inspired by the architecture of [[Solomon's Temple]], the Sistine Chapel is the most famous room in the {{Wiki|Apostolic Palace}}, the official residence of the Pope.
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| As the Pope's personal chapel, Mass is frequently held inside, as are the {{Wiki|Papal conclave|Papal Conclaves}}, which occur after the Pope's death. The [[cardinals]] are locked inside the chapel and are not permitted to leave until a new Pope is elected.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
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| ===Renaissance===
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| In 1492, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] became Pope Alexander VI, and moved into [[Basilica di San Pietro|St. Peter's Basilica]], of which the Sistine Chapel is a part. Seven years later, in 1499, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] infiltrated the chapel in order to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia and locate the [[Vatican Vault|Vault]], which he had learned was built beneath the Basilica.
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| After an arduous fight with Rodrigo, in which two [[Pieces of Eden]] were used, Ezio was tricked and stabbed by Rodrigo, who had used the [[Staves of Eden#Papal Staff|Papal Staff]]'s power to immobilize the Assassin, before Ezio promptly fell unconscious.
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| Upon waking, Ezio pressed two hidden buttons at the back of the chapel, which opened the way into the Vault, a structure built by members of the [[First Civilization]], whose entrance lay in a pit-like enclosure. It was at this entrance that Ezio would personally confront Rodrigo in a final, victorious fight.<ref name="AC2"/> Soon after the Assassin left the Vault, [[Mario Auditore]] appeared and beckoned him to leave the Capella Sistina, to which Ezio complied.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Work on [[Michelangelo]]'s famous ceiling frescoes did not begin until 1508.<ref name="AC2"/>
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
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| Capella Sistine congregation.jpg|Congregation of Vatican priests and monks
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| Sistine.jpg|The Sistine Chapel
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| MichelangeloFresco.png|Some of Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes
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| </gallery>
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Churches]]
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| [[Category:Landmarks in Rome]] | |