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Milan Cathedral, front façade Plate celebrating the laying of the first stone in 1386. Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano [ˈdwɔːmo di miˈlaːno]; Milanese: 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, Italy.
The Duomo viewed from the heights of Piazzale Michelangelo Santa Maria del Fiore was built on the site of Florence's second cathedral dedicated to Saint Reparata ; [ 3 ] the first was the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze , the first building of which was consecrated as a church in 393 by St. Ambrose of Milan . [ 4 ]
Duomo (English: / ˈ d w oʊ m oʊ /, Italian:) is an Italian term for a church with the features of, or having been built to serve as a cathedral, whether or not it currently plays this role. [1] The Duomo of Monza , for example, has never been a diocesan seat and is by definition not a cathedral.
Piazza del Duomo and Piazza San Giovanni, Florence South view from Giotto's bell. Piazza del Duomo (English: "Cathedral Square") is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence (Tuscany, Italy). It is one of the most visited places in Europe and the world and in Florence, the most visited area of the city. [1]
Piazza del Duomo ("Cathedral Square") may refer to several squares in Italy: Piazza del Duomo (Altamura) Piazza del Duomo, Catania; Piazza del Duomo, Florence; Piazza del Duomo, Grosseto; Piazza del Duomo, L'Aquila; Piazza del Duomo, Milan; Piazza del Duomo, Pisa; Piazza del Duomo, Reggio Emilia; Piazza del Duomo, San Gimignano; Piazza del ...
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is a Catholic cathedral in Nepi, Italy The Cathedral of Brasilia in Brazil takes a modernist form. The word cathedral is derived, possibly via the French cathédrale, from the Latin ecclesia cathedralis and from the Latin cathedra ('seat'), and ultimately from the Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra ...
The façade is divided into three parts, with a pediment and a two storied projecting porch or protiro embellished with sculpture, which is the work of the twelfth-century sculptor Nicholaus, who also executed and signed the entranceway at the abbey church of San Zeno, also in Verona, and Ferrara Cathedral.
Naples Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Napoli; Neapolitan: Viscuvato 'e Napule), or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta), is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples.