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There was a steady expansion from then on. the staff room block was opened in 1960. the auditorium in 1961 and the playing field in 1963 at La-Romaine by the Sea. Dom Basil believed that excellence in sports would develop the self-esteem of students which would lead to an improvement in academic standards.
The Milan gallery and its roof have been acknowledged as an important reference on 19th-century iron-and-glass architecture by Pevsner [4] and Hitchcock. [5] As one can still observe today, the roof consists of four barrel vaults (approximately 14.5 m in width and 8.5 m in height) that are crowned with a huge dome (around 37.5 m as internal ...
Duomo di Milano, front façade, Milan, Italy Plate celebrating the laying of the first stone in 1386. Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano [ˈdwɔːmo di miˈlaːno]; Lombard: Domm de Milan [ˈdɔm de miˈlãː]), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Italian: Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy ...
In April, Milan hosts its main design fair in the Piazza XXIV Maggio, the "Fuori Salone", [20] and in other times of the year a prestigious fashion week twice a year, the "Milano Jazzin' Festival", in which several local and international Blues, Jazz and pop singers re-unite in the Civic Arena, [20] and the Milan Food Week, in which the city's ...
The Abbey of Santa Maria di Rovegnano (Latin: Sanctæ Mariæ Clarævallis Mediolanensis) is a Cistercian monastic complex in the comune of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. The borgo that has developed round the abbey was once an independent commune called Chiaravalle Milanese , now included in Milan and referred to as the Chiaravalle district .
Piazza Mercanti [1] ("Merchants Square") is a central city square of Milan, Italy. It is located between Piazza del Duomo , which marks the centre of the modern city of Milan, and Piazza Cordusio , and it used to be the heart of the city in the Middle Ages .
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The name Porta Venezia is commonly used to refer both to the gate proper and to the surrounding district , part of the Zone 3 of Milan. The Porta Venezia area is known today as the LGBT-friendly district of Milan: Via Lecco and its surroundings are Milan's "Gay Street" with LGBT or LGBT-themed bars and restaurants.