Stunning Virtual Tour Of The Sistine Chapel
The Vatican and Villanova University have teamed-up to produce a spectacular virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. The detail is absolutely phenomenal! Don't click on the link unless you want to get lost for hours! The producers of the tour claim that that the digital view is clearer and steadier than the one a tourist on the spot would get using high-powered binoculars. Seeing the Vatican's Sistine Chapel is a hassle. It's constantly mobbed, you're not allowed to take pictures and you have to walk through a maze of rooms to reach it. But the minute you gaze up at the beauty of this Michelangelo masterpiece, all the pains of getting there evaporate. Now there's a totally new way to view this stunning masterwork without all the fuss, courtesy of the Internet and some high resolution photography. To help get you in a properly pious mood, your Virtual Sistine tour is also accompanied by the sound of an ethereal chorus (get your mute button ready if you're not a fan of choirs). As you spin your cursor in circles around the room, you literally feel like you were there. Thanks to technology, everyone can now get up close and personal with this amazing landmark. Best of all, there's nobody around to yell at you if you try to take a photo...
Stunning Virtual Tour Of The Sistine Chapel
Have you always wanted to see Michelangelo's masterpiece but couldn't afford to go to Rome? Then check out this stunning virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. Done by Villanova University at the request of the Vatican.
The team has also produced virtual tours of the Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran and the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls.