Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

A replica of the Sistine Chapel has opened in Mexico City

A replica of the Sistine Chapel has opened in Mexico City

For the last 18 years, a retired graphic designer has been quietly painting a replica of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel at his local church in Mexico City. Miguel Francisco Macias began his opus in an attempt to offer people who cannot travel a glimpse at one of the most shining examples of European art, Macias told Aljazeera . Miguel Francisco Macias shows the of copies of the original paintings by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. The project, which is now displayed on the ceiling at Perpetuo Socorro Church in Colonia Moctezuma, was largely self-funded with small . . .

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