article_snippet: Vatican has announced that Michelangelo.
article_snippet: No further details have been given about either of the documents, which were taken from the archives of the Fabbrica di San Pietro which looks after the upkeep of the basilica.
article_snippet: the archives of the Fabbrica contain numerous documents concerning the history, design and construction of vast holy site.
article_snippet: the basilica took more than 100 years to build and was completed in 1626.
article_snippet: Michelangelo took over the construction of the basilica in January 1547, while in Michelangelo seventies, after the death of Pope Paul III's preferred candidate, Giulio Romano.
article_snippet: Drawing on the complex plans laid down by a chain of architects before Michelangelo, Michelangelo brought Pope Paul III's preferred candidate, Giulio Romano together into a workable model, and is responsible for much of the basilica as it stands today.