The Sistine Chapel's Last Judgement by Michelangelo, part of the tourist route in the Vatican which approximately 6.7m visitors see every year, is undergoing a three month 'restoration' project.

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Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing ...

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades. The imposing fresco of heaven ...

Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment, the vast and formidable fresco that dominates the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, is ...

Three decades after its last restoration, a deep cleaning has begun of Michelangelo's "The Last Judgement", the Italian master's spectacular fresco in the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican said Monday.

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The chapel will remain open during the restoration. But the fresco itself, showing Jesus delivering his final judgment of humanity, will be covered by scaffolding.