2M Photos Used for Sistine Chapel Replica in Mexico Agencia EFE
go to original August 6, 2016

Mexico Recreates Vatican's Sistine Chapel (Reuters/News World)

More than 2 million photographs were used to create a life-sized replica of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel in Mexico, the head of the project said.

Gabriel Berumen told reporters that the idea originated when he and his brother Antonio took a group from the southern state of Oaxaca to visit the Vatican and one of the artisans was so moved by the art that she fell to the ground and began weeping.

It was then that the Berumen brothers decided to build a replica in Mexico to share the experience with more people, Gabriel said.

The replica, located beside the Monument of the Revolution in the heart of Mexico City, consists of a three-dimensional structure with giant photographic reproductions of the chapel's interior.

The Mexican version of the Sistine Chapel has a height of 22 meters (72 feet), a length of 67 meters (187 feet) and a width of 28 meters (92 feet), occupying a total of 510 sq. meters (5,480 sq. feet).

Nearly 1 million visitors have viewed the Vatican-approved replica since it opened June 8. The Sistine replica will remain in the capital until Aug. 31, when it will begin a national tour.

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