Climate change forces facelift for Michelangelo masterpiece

[Article] Vatican : plus importante restauration de la fresque du Jugement dernier depuis plus de 30 ans.

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Climate change forces facelift for Michelangelo masterpiece.
Vatican City (AFP) - Michelangelo's famous The Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel is getting its biggest facelift in more than three decades to remove a light whitish residue left by sweaty visitors.
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This article was published Tuesday, 3 March, 2026 by AFP (302 words)
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This photograph shows the scaffolding covered with a canvas reproducing Michelangelo's Last Judgment during a press visit of the rare restoration of the fresco in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on February 28, 2026. - Alberto PIZZOLI (AFP)

This photograph shows the scaffolding covered with a canvas reproducing Michelangelo's Last Judgment during a press visit of the rare restoration of the fresco in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on February 28, 2026. - Alberto PIZZOLI (AFP)


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