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Originally Posted by red 928
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If you look just to the left of that furthest upper window on the right side, you'll see a small dark trapezoid shape up in the corner. That was how dark the ceiling and walls of the Sistine Chapel had become after centuries of people shuffling thru there. The frescoes were cleaned and restored in the 1980s, but this one spot was left as a reminder of just how dirty they once were.
Bernini's statue of Apollo & Daphne at the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
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