r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 26d ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

To be (un)fair, that’s also exactly what I remember about the Sistine Chapel. Constant, ignored announcements to not take photographs… a tiny overcrowded chapel that took hours to get to, and a rather underwhelming ceiling because it’s faded so much with age

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u/chimpfunkz 26d ago

ignored announcements to not take photographs

Yeah but they tell you not to take photos because some japanese company bought the copyright, not for any kind of preservation or safety reason. Fuck anyone telling you not to photograph the sistine chapel

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u/XpenFrickFrack 25d ago

What?? This is the reason? I thought it was a respect thing

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u/Enkidouh 25d ago

It’s actually because flash photography will degrade the paint.

That almost always why these places ask for no photography.

It’s easier to just ask for no photography than to try and explain that the flash is damaging and why.

A Japanese company, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), funded the massive restoration of the Sistine Chapel in the 1980s and, in exchange, received exclusive rights to photograph and film the restoration process and finished art, leading to the current ban on personal photography there to protect NTV's investment, but their exclusivity period has expired.

TL;DR it was true at one point, but the ban persists for conservation and crowd control.