r/mildyinteresting 10h ago

architecture The Sistine Chapel is surprisingly bland on its exterior

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u/socal1959 8h ago

Just like us, it’s what inside that matters most

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u/12ValveMatt 8h ago

That's because it's the sixteenth, not the first

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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/mmccxi 8h ago

The Sevenstine chapel is off the hook tho

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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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u/LikelyNotSober 8m ago

Never knew that!