30 Artistic Ceilings From Around the World

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

Ceilings are the closest mankind has come to imitating the natural dome of the world - the skies. We look up wanting to see beauty above us, unattained and etheral, yet soothing and wondrous. These ceilings from all over the world make me want to visit these places, so I can gaze in captivated amazement and the artful ideas expressed there. These are truly inspired.

Hall of Mirrors,Versailles, France


Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Switzerland


Salon Urbain in Montreal, Canada


Shāh Chérāgh mosque in Shiraz, Iran


Tiffany Company tile mosaic at the Marshall Field's Building in Chicago, Illinois


Galeries Lafayette in Paris


Los Angeles Public Library


Home entrance room, Cape Town, South Africa


Cosmovitral in Toluca, Mexico


Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra, Spain


Bank of Commerce Building in Toronto, Canada


The Peacock Room at Sammezzano Castle in Italy


Metro station in Naples, Italy


La Sagrada Família Church in Barcelona, Spain



Chamber of Human Rights and the Alliance of Civilizations at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland


Terrace at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City


Admont Abbey Library, Austria


Mirror Room of the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium (the green is actually made from 1.6 million beetles)


Hall of Ambassadors at the Alcázar of Seville, Spain


National Assembly Building in Wales


Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City


Summer Palace in Beijing, China


Trinity College Library in Ireland


Glass ceiling by Chihuly at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas


Victorian State Library, Australia


Pool at the Lausanne Palace Spa in Switzerland


British Museum in London


Marrakech Menara Airport in Morocco


Elektrozavodskaya Metro Station in Moscow, Russia


Nishi Grand Stair Interior in Canberra, Australia


I couldn't forgive myself if I didn't include the most famous ceiling of all - the Sistine Chapel


Gilbert K. Chesterton

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