SISTINE CHAPEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

chapel (a place of worship that has its own altar)

Holonyms ("Sistine Chapel" is a part of...):

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

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