Newly-lit Sistine Chapel is unveiled in Rome

Name: Newly-lit Sistine Chapel is unveiled in Rome
Uploaded: 2014-10-29T21:56:15.000Z
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Description: The Vatican has unveiled a new hi-tech LED lighting system for the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

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The Vatican has unveiled a new hi-tech LED lighting system for the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

In what is described as an energy-friendly system, 7,000 diodes will illuminate Michelangelo's famous frescoes.

James Reynolds reports from the newly-lit Sistine Chapel.

Europe

29 October 2014