Savona's Sistine Chapel

Savona City of Popes, let's find out with a guided tour through the symbolic places of religious and artistic power.

Savona late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries saw the rise to the papal throne of two of its citizens: Francesco della Rovere, known as Pope Sixtus IV, and his cousin Giuliano della Rovere viz. Pope Julius II. They were two great urban planners who promoted both in Rome and Savona important works. One thinks of the Sistine Chapel in Rome desired by Pope Sixtus IV himself and then later had it frescoed by Michelangelo, who was called to Rome by Pope Julius II. Sixtus IV also had the small Sistine Chapel of Savona as a funerary monument for his parents. A few decades later Pope Julius II would name the artist. Mazone to decorate its interior. Opposite the Sistine Chapel, Pope Julius II commissioned the architect Sangallo for the building now known as the Oak Palace, the first Renaissance building in the city.

In the early 1800s another pope would come to Savona: Pius VII. It was Napoleon Bonaparte who brought him to Savona as a prisoner. The Pope will stay here several years during which he will forge a special bond with the city and its inhabitants.

Therefore, during the guided tour we will find out where the Pius VII, we will visit the monumental complex of the Cathedral with the  Sistine Chapel of Savona (admission included in the tour ticket) and the funerary monument commissioned by Sixtus IV for his parents.

For the conduct of this visit we relied on the organization of Art and Museums.

Reservation required at the following link: https://arteemusei.com/visita-guidata/la-cappella-sistina-di-savona

May 16, June 06. 2:30 p.m.

16€ full