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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Whittle

A look inside Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' with 70-year-old frescoes

Maine Sistine Chapel - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and pine forest.

Inside, though, the South Solon Meeting House has a secret unknown even to some who drive through the tiny Maine town every day. The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state's art community to describe it as “Maine's Sistine Chapel.”

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