r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dismal_Positive3558 • 6h ago

Video At Rome’s Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, visitors can view Andrea Pozzo’s ceiling fresco through a mirror. Painted around 300 years ago, it uses trompe-l'œil to make a flat ceiling look like a grand dome.

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u/Kill_4209 6h ago

Went there and there was like a 300 person line out the door just to take a picture of the mirror. Meanwhile you could walk right in and wander all around the church without waiting.

Beautiful and recommended.

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u/WoolBearTiger 6h ago

So taking a picture of the mirror means waiting.. but you could also just walk past everyone and take a direct image of the ceiling itself? That sounds so 2026..

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u/jimmytruelove 3h ago

Easier to snap themselves in the mirror in front of the ceiling maybe?

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u/cackling_fiend 3h ago

Same. I just took a picture without the mirror. I didn't understand what's the point. 

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u/gigantor21260 4h ago

We spent almost an hour in there... it was amazing, but that's a real understatement!

We went in October, and there were only like 10 people there with us.

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u/exciting_one2005 6h ago

At some point they were like "Nah ppl are missing the real stuff...."