Milan Cathedral (roof)

The roof is open to tourists (for a fee), which allows many a close-up view of some spectacular sculpture that would otherwise be unappreciated. The roof of the cathedral is renowned for the forest of openwork pinnacles and spires, set upon delicate flying buttresses.

The cathedral's five wide naves, divided by 40 pillars, are reflected in the hierarchic openings of the facade. Even the transepts have aisles. The nave columns are 24.5 metres (80 ft) high, and the apsidal windows are 20.7 x 8.5 metres (68 x 28 feet). The huge building is of brick construction, faced with marble from the quarries which Gian Galeazzo Visconti donated in perpetuity to the cathedral chapter. Its maintenance and repairs are very complicated. (text: Wikipedia).

Duomo di Santa Maria Nascente

Domul din Milano, în italiană: Duomo di Santa Maria Nascente, este catedrala Arhiepiscopiei Romano-Catolice de Milano.

Cu o suprafaţă de 1200 mp, catedrala milaneză, una dintre imaginile emblematice ale Italiei şi ale Europei, este cel de-al treilea edificiu bisericesc romano-catolic ca mărime din lume, după Bazilica San Pietro din Roma şi catedrala din Sevilla. Podoabă cu totul unică a arhitecturii gotice, domul din Milano are o capacitate de peste 40.000 de locuri şi o lungime de 157 m.

Este una dintre catedralele occidentale a căror construcţie s-a întins pe durata a câtorva secole. Începută în 1386 şi incheiată în 1887, ea domină astăzi piaţa centrală din Milano, fiind un simbol al puterii economice pe care această capitală a Lombardiei, poartă de intrare a comertului ce traversa Alpii, l-a reprezentat timp de veacuri. Maiestuozitatea şi formele estetice ale catedralei sunt grăitoare: detaliile sculpturale ale celor 135 de turle, dintre care cea mai înaltă atinge 109 metri, şi cele peste 2000 de statui, sunt foarte atent executate, la fel şi marile ferestre ale clădirii, considerate a fi cele mai mari din lume. (text: Wikipedia)

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double arcade formed of two glass-vaulted arcades at right angles intersecting in an octagon; it is prominently sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and connects to the Piazza della Scala. Named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of united Italy, it was originally designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.

The central octagonal space is topped with a glass dome. The Milanese Galleria was larger in scale than its predecessors and was an important step in the evolution of the modern glazed and enclosed shopping mall, of which it was the direct progenitor.

It has inspired the use of the term galleria for many other shopping arcades and malls. The use of the iron structure has inspired also the Eiffel Tower, in Paris.

Galleria connects two of Milan's most famous landmarks: The Duomo and the Teatro Alla Scala, but the Galleria is a landmark on its own right. (text: Wikipedia)

Street of Milano II

Street of Milano I