Vatican City isn’t the only place home to a Sistine Chapel. A smaller, yet similarly beautiful Cappella Sistina, which was also commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV, lies in the heart of the Italian City of Savona. Unlike the more-famous Sistine Chapel, Pope Sixtus IV’s purpose in ordering the construction of this chapel was to build a suitable final resting place for his parents, Leonardo della Rovere and Luchina Monleone. In 1481, work began to alter and amend aspects of the pre-existing Franciscan Convent, where Sixtus IV’s father had already secured a spot…
