Michelangelo's frescoed ceiling created between 1508 and 1512, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Stuccoed and frescoed lararium, Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Frescoed ceiling of the church, Melk Abbey, Benedictine abbey, Melk, Wachau Cultural Landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Danube, Wachau, Austria, Europe

Frescoed ceiling of the church, Melk Abbey, Benedictine abbey, Melk, Wachau Cultural Landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Danube, Wachau, Austria, Europe

Public sitting room mosaic, frescoed walls in House of Amorini Dorati (Golden Cupids), Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

The Villa Soranzo (La Soranza), frescoed facade, dormer window in Baroque style, Riviera del Brenta, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Stuccoed and frescoed lararium, Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

A maid is making the bed in a frescoed room, with light streaming from an open window. Shot inside Palacio Belmont, Lisbon, Portugal.

Church Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio, facade with 64 squares which were frescoed once, Piazza Ventidio Basso, Ascoli Piceno, Marches, Italy, Europe

Church Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio, facade with 64 squares which were frescoed once, Piazza Ventidio Basso, Ascoli Piceno, Marches, Italy, Europe

Frescoed ceiling of the Chapel of San Brizio, frescoed mainly by Luca Signorelli and recently restored, Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta is the main Catholic place of worship in Orvieto, and a masterpiece of Gothic architecture in Central Italy, Umbria, Italy, Europe

The Chapel of San Brizio, frescoed mainly by Luca Signorelli and recently restored, Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta is the main Catholic place of worship in Orvieto, and a masterpiece of Gothic architecture in Central Italy, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Frescoed ceiling of the Chapel of San Brizio, frescoed mainly by Luca Signorelli and recently restored, Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta is the main Catholic place of worship in Orvieto, and a masterpiece of Gothic architecture in Central Italy, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Palace of King Minos at Knossos, Frescoed throne room of Minos , Crete, Greece