Transcript El Duomo di Milano

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The Cathedral of Milan
The Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan,
currently Cardinal Angelo Scola.
The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to
complete. It is one of the largest in the world and by far
the largest in Italy. St Peters Basilica in Rome, though
considerably larger, is not a cathedral.
A Gothic cathedral. Construction began in 1386. The final
details of the cathedral was completed in the twentieth
century: the last door was opened on January 6, 1965. This
date is considered the end of the process that has lasted
many generations.
It Is 157 feet long and can accommodate 40,000 people
inside. The windows over the choir has a reputation of
being the largest in the world.
.
Plaque commemorating the laying of
the foundation stone in 1386.
The famous Madonna
.
Nave
Presbytery
Presbytery
The transept Left
Altar transversal
Presbytery - Photo John Dall'Orto
Left Nave
Altar neoclassical
Left Nave
Altar of Joseph
Left Nave
Altar of St. Ambrose
Nave derecha
Altar Idelfonso Schuster
Stained glass window of the choir
Stained glass window of the apse
Left Nave
baptismal font
Crypt "Scurolo of St. Charles“
(crypt Carlos de Borromeo)
Charles Borromeo
1538–1584) was the
Cardinal Archbishop of
Catholic Archdiocese of
Milan from 1564 to
1584. He was
responsible for
significant reforms in
the Catholic Church,
including the founding
of Seminaries for the
education of priests. He
is honored as a Saint
in the Catholic Church
and his Feast Day is
November 4.
The roofs, which are open to the public,
allow a close observation of some
outstanding sculptures. It is very
important the forest of pinnacles and
spire can be seen from them.
The highest point of the temple is the
La Madonna, work in gilded copper,
Giuseppe Perego, opened in 1774.
As seen
from top of
the roof
3,500 objects can
be seen from the
roof
Music: Glory to God in the highest- King's College Choir
The Gloria is the most ancient of the Church’s liturgical hymns.
As with the Angelic Salutation, it was intoned first by the voice
of an angel, or the choirs thereof. Saint Elizabeth added the
second part of the Ave Maria and the Church added the
petition Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and
at the hour of our death. Nine months later, in Bethlehem,
immediately after the Christ was born of Mary, an angel
appeared to shepherds watching their flocks in the hills. The
angel
— who
perhaps
Gabriel, the same who came to Mary
Glory to you
has shownituswas
the light.
at Nazareth — told the shepherds the glad tidings of the birth
of the Savior and directed them to where the Child was to be
found. Suddenly, there appeared with Gabriel a “multitude of
the heavenly army, praising God and saying: “Glory to God in
the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will” (Luke
2:12). No one knows exactly when or who composed the
Gloria .It can be traced, in a form similar to what we have in
the Mass, back to at least the third century..
The words of
this song
come
straight from
the Bible
Jack Cross
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