Transcript 118-DUOMO DE MILAN - Peace from Harmony

The Duomo di Milano is a
Gothic Cathedral of great
dimensions.
It is the second largest
Roman Catholic Cathedral
in the world, after the
Cathedral in Seville, Spain.
(St. Peter’s in Rome is a
Basilica and not a
Cathedral).
It is 157 meters high and it can
shelter 40,000 people.
It is said that the Basilica of
San Ambrosio was
constructed on this site at the
beginning of the fifth century.
In the year 836 another
basilica was built next to it.
When fire damaged both
buildings in 1075, these were
replaced by the Duomo.
The Duomo is a
temple of large
dimensions, with
five naves, and two
aisles on each of
the sides, with at
least forty pillars
crossed by a
transept followed
by the chorus and
the apse. The naves
are 45 meters high,
This brick
construction is
covered with
marble.
The roofs (open to the
public), permit a close
perspective of some
sculptures of great quality.
A forest of pinnacles and
spires can be observed
from here.
The highest point of the
temple is the "The
Madonnina", a work in
golden copper, of
Giuseppe Perego.
It was inaugurated in 1774.
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