VATICAN CITY
International Business Times

By Athena Yenko | October 20, 2014

Porsche had rented the Sistine Chapel for a concert as part of its Exclusive Porsche Tour of Rome event on Oct. 18. The two-part event cost Euro 4,590 per person for the Oct. 15-19 tours and Euro 4,990 for the Oct. 17 to 21 tours.

The event gave tourists access to the Vatican Museums outside the official opening hours, an exclusive concert at the Sistine Chapel, dinner at the Vatican Museums, tour of the papal gardens at the Vatican and the Necropolis on the Via Triumphalis and Porsche Travel Club driving tour in the southern Lazio region. A maximum of 20 tourists only were allowed to participate in the event.

The partnership between the car company and the Vatican had sparked notion that the Sistine Chapel can now be rented for events. However, director of the Vatican…