Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes
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Visitors view the frescoes at the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A fresco is seen on a wall at the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A fresco painted in the 1950s is seen on a wall at the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A rock wall surrounds the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The South Solon Meeting House, a clapboard building with Gothic architectural influences, is pictured, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Veronique Plesch, an art professor at Colby College, pauses during a tour of the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The unassuming South Solon Meeting House, built in 1842, is pictured Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A fresco depicting community members with a model of South Solon Meeting House, is seen through a window in the lobby of the building, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Veronique Plesch, an art professor at Colby College, gives a lecture to art teachers about the frescoes that adorn the walls and ceiling of the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A detail of a fresco painted by a member of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is seen on a wall at the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Visitors view the frescoes at the South Solon Meeting House, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Solon, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
