1499 ⟶ Michelangelo Completes the Pietà

Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica is made in Rome
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🗿 Michelangelo Completes the Pietà

Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica is made in Rome⟶
Michelangelo Completes the Pietà (1499)
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🗿 Michelangelo Begins David's Sculpture

Michelangelo returns to his native Florence to begin work on the statue David.⟶
Michelangelo Begins David's Sculpture (1501)
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🎨 Leonardo da Vinci Begins Painting the Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa and completes it three years later.⟶
Leonardo da Vinci Begins Painting the Mona Lisa (1503)
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🖼️ Leonardo da Vinci Completes the Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa.⟶
Leonardo da Vinci Completes the Mona Lisa (1506)
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🏛️ Michelangelo Appointed Chief Architect of St. Peter's Basilica

Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.⟶
Michelangelo Appointed Chief Architect of St. Peter's Basilica (1546)
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⛪ St. Peter's Basilica Completion

St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.⟶
St. Peter's Basilica Completion (1626)
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