The square in front of the marble mountain
The PLAZA DE LA CATEDRAL in MILÁN is a meeting place for the inhabitants of this city of Lombardy
HOW TO GET THERE: By the international airport of the city. The connections by train or route are also good
WHEN TO VISIT: The weather is more pleasant from May to September
SPECIAL INTEREST: The Cathedral Museum in the Royal Palace exhibits the history of its cathedral. Visiting hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 am to 12:30 am and from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. In the square art markets and musical meetings are held regularly.
Marck Twain, described to the cathedral of Milan as "a poem written in marble", for the German poet Goethe was a noble "mountain of marble" Oscar Wilde considered it a "terrible failure", and Alberto Manzoni spoke of the "machinery" Cathedral
There is nothing modest in the scale of the third largest church in the Western world, which occupies an area of
approximately 11,700 square meters. More than 3000 statues and 135 needles, 96 gargoyles and 1000 meters of tracery adorn the building that took 500 years to complete. It is not surprising that his builder, Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti, tried to make the cathedral become the crowning church of Italy, leaving the other cathedrals under his shadow, for the first Duke of Milan, this goal justified any expense. He ordered that his men work day and night, demanded financial support from his subjects and contract to the most important architects of EUROPE