How Rome is preserving the Sistine Chapel
If the rigorous screening process at airports makes you grimace, your
next visit to the Sistine Chapel will make it seem like cakewalk.
If the rigorous screening process at airports makes you grimace, your next visit to the Sistine Chapel will make it seem like cakewalk.
The five million tourists who visit Rome to see the Sistine Chapel every year, will now be subject to vacuum cleaning and chilling before being granted entry. In an effort to reduce the threat of pollution to Michelangelo's frescoes, the team at the Vatican museumshas installed stringent measures to preserve the intricate artwork. The entrance is to be covered with a carpet to clean shoes; suction vents on the sides will suck dust from clothes; and the air will be maintained at low temperatures.
The heat and dirt generated by 20,000 tourists on a daily basis has attributed to the layers of grime accumulating on the paintings and authorities decided it was time to do something about it.
The five million tourists who visit Rome to see the Sistine Chapel every year, will now be subject to vacuum cleaning and chilling before being granted entry. In an effort to reduce the threat of pollution to Michelangelo's frescoes, the team at the Vatican museumshas installed stringent measures to preserve the intricate artwork. The entrance is to be covered with a carpet to clean shoes; suction vents on the sides will suck dust from clothes; and the air will be maintained at low temperatures.
The heat and dirt generated by 20,000 tourists on a daily basis has attributed to the layers of grime accumulating on the paintings and authorities decided it was time to do something about it.
