One of the most famous works of art ever created, the Sistine Chapel sits in the heart of Vatican City. The architecture and interior design give the chapel a unique façade while the history of the temple highlights its implicit value to the Catholic world and Renaissance enthusiasts. Vatican City is an international tourist destination for millions of people each year, but it is home to fewer than a thousand people. The Vatican City economy derives most of its annual revenue from tourism. The sale of stamps, museum admissions, tourist souvenirs and religious publications all help support the city. Created from the dust of the demolished Cappella Maggiore, the ancient papal temple, the Sistine Chapel was built beginning in late 1473. Pope Sixtus IV gave impetus to the demolition of the ancient chapel with the intention to build the most beautiful building for the people of God. The chapel is used around 50 times a year for a moving mass. When the time comes for a new pope, the Sistine Chapel is used for the congregation of all the cardinals to vote. 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 one can vote for. “The first being an ordinary ballot in which each Cardinal must vote; the second, technically called accessus, where it is permitted for a cardinal to transfer his previous vote to any candidate who might have obtained votes on that same previous occasion” (Cartwright 196). Accessus rounds may immediately follow the previous round of normal voting, so there is a lot of conversation after the results of each first round are announced. Cardinals come from everywhere middle of paper ......f frescoes painted by the most famous 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 the 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 ceiling 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.