Prof. Enrico Bruschini

When Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the construction of the Sistine Chapel in 1477, he ordered it to have the same dimensions as the Temple of Solomon. This was made possible because those dimensions are mentioned in the Bible, in the Book of Kings (60 x 30 x 20 Hebrew cubits), which correspond almost exactly to the dimensions of the famous Chapel (40 x 21 x 13 meters).