Sussex s answer to the Sistine Chapel ceiling (painted by a parishioner called Gary)
Rome is off the cards for now, so plan a summer trip to Goring-by-Sea, where you ll find a replica of Michelangelo s masterpiece
The reproduction in Goring-by-Sea, and the man behind it
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The Sistine Chapel has the most recognisable ceiling in the world, so it’s quite the surprise to find an exact replica of Michelangelo’s masterpiece in the church of a sleepy English seaside village. Painted on the vaulted ceiling of the English Martyrs Catholic Church in Goring-by-Sea by parishioner Gary Bevans, the Sistine Chapel of Sussex, as it’s predictably known, is a true magnum opus of art reproduction.