visitors through the galleries leading to the Sistine chapel
It is estimated that the amount of visitors to the Sistine chapel is around 5.000.000 million per year, with peaks of 30.000 daily visitors in high season.
The high amount of visitors creates a danger for the safety of the frescoed paintings of the
The high amount of visitors creates a danger for the safety of the frescoed paintings of the
chapel: the Old and New Testament stories by Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio, Pinturicchio, Cosimo Rosselli and others realized in 1483, and the Genesis and Last Judgment by Michelangelo.
Powders, carbon dioxide and sudden changes in temperature are among the elements everyone entering the chapel modify affecting the microclimate of the place.
The director of the Vatican museum, Mr Antonio Paolucci, states that unless major changes will be realized in the air conditioning system of the Chapel, which dates back to the time of the restoration about 20 years ago, the amount of visitors in the future shall be regulated. A specialized company has been appointed to create a project aimed to study and realize a new air condition system. This problem has to be solved in the next year, continues Mr Paolucci, otherwise a limit to the Sistine chapel visitors will be settled.
Powders, carbon dioxide and sudden changes in temperature are among the elements everyone entering the chapel modify affecting the microclimate of the place.
The director of the Vatican museum, Mr Antonio Paolucci, states that unless major changes will be realized in the air conditioning system of the Chapel, which dates back to the time of the restoration about 20 years ago, the amount of visitors in the future shall be regulated. A specialized company has been appointed to create a project aimed to study and realize a new air condition system. This problem has to be solved in the next year, continues Mr Paolucci, otherwise a limit to the Sistine chapel visitors will be settled.