Full to bursting

THE Sistine Chapel in Rome is one of the holiest sites in Christendom, the place where innumerable popes have been elected across the ages. It is also a popular tourist destination. The Vatican Museums (of which the chapel is, to many, the jewel in the crown) attracted a record 5.89m visitors last year, almost as many as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which is nearly five times bigger

[pho]

観光客が増えすぎてフレスコ画の状態が危うくなったバチカンの博物館。洞窟壁画みたいにレプリカを並べるのがいいんだろうと思う。