Michelangelo's Secret Drawing Room Set to Open for Public Viewing

According to legend, Michelangelo once hid in an underground corridor in 1530 to avoid persecution from Pope Clement VII, who was laying siege on Florence. Located under the Medici Chapels, the Italian polymath once used the walls of the space as a canvas to create a series of human figures scrawled in charcoal and chalk.Nearly five decades since it was first unearthed, Michelangelo's secret drawing room will be open for public viewing from November 15 to March 30, 2024. "This place allows today...