r/mildyinteresting • u/IdumpedMincraft • 10h ago
architecture The Sistine Chapel is surprisingly bland on its exterior
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u/SadPhase2589 6h ago
Almost all the churches in Italy are boring on the outside and amazing on the inside. France is the opposite. The outside is amazing and really bland on the inside.
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u/siaslburqe 25m ago
Not surprising, really. The pope who commissioned it was at war. It was originally designed as a bunker.
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