The intimate chapel features Michelangelo’s masterpiece, “The Last Judgment,” behind the altar as well as the iconic “Creation of Adam” on the ceiling. Works of other Renaissance greats, including Botticelli and Perugino, line the walls.
The Sistine Chapel is the highlight of tours of the Vatican Museums as well as a functioning part of the Vatican.
Trump also met with the Vatican secretary of state Wednesday following his meeting with the pope.
President Donald Trump is meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella.
Trump was greeted by Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome on Wednesday morning. The meeting follows a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Trump is expected to next meet with Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
Trump is in the middle of his first international trip — a nine-day journey through the middle east and Europe. He will leave for Belgium later on Wednesday.
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