One of the most famous works of art ever created, the Sistine Chapel is located in the heart of Vatican City. The architecture and interior design give the Chapel a one-of-a-kind facade, while the history of the temple sheds light on its implicit value for the Catholic world and Renaissance enthusiasts. Vatican City is an international tourist destination for millions of people each year, but is home to fewer than a thousand people. The economy of Vatican City derives the majority of its annual revenue from tourism. The sale of stamps, museum admissions, tourist souvenirs and religious publications contribute to the care of the City. Created from the dust of the demolished Cappella Maggiore, the ancient Papal Temple, the Sistine Chapel was built starting from the end of 1473. Pope Sixtus IV gave space to the demolition of the ancient chapel with the intention of building the most beautiful building for the people of God. The chapel is used approximately 50 times a year for a soulful mass. When the time comes for a new pope, the Sistine Chapel is used for the congregation of all the cardinals for voting. A cardinal “[is] a high ecclesiastical figure appointed by the Pope to the College of Cardinals” (Cardinal). Voting takes place in rounds, each with different rules regarding who you can vote for. “The first is an ordinary ballot in which each Cardinal must vote; the second, technically called accessus, in which a cardinal is permitted to transfer his previous vote to any candidate who obtained votes on that same previous occasion” (Cartwright 196). Accessus rounds can immediately follow the previous normal voting round, so there is a lot of conversation after the announced results of each first round. Cardinals come from all over...... middle of paper......f frescoes painted by the most famous of artists. There is no religious building in the world that compares to the beautifully detailed stories that line the walls. To stand inside such a building is to feel the presence of God, and this is something that cannot be expressed in words. Works Cited "Cardinal". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com and Web. July 29, 2014.Cartwright, William Cornwallis. On papal conclaves. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1868. Print.King, Ross. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling. New York: Walker, 2003. Print.Schubring, Paul. Sistine Chapel. Rome: Frank, 1910. Print.Seymour, Charles. Michelangelo, the vault of the Sistine Chapel: illustrations, introductory essays, backgrounds and sources, critical essays. New York: Norton, 1972. Print.Wallace, William E. Michelangelo, selected scholarship in English. Hamden, CT: Garland, 1995. Print.