Posts Tagged ‘Cathedral’
Continue to chronicle the trip to Italy, on Friday. On a day like today 13 years ago, we left Rome for Florence, Tuscany to Lazio.
Tuscany, Florence is always spoken of, but on that trip we stopped in Siena, a beautiful town with its cathedral and its enormous square where in August make medieval horse race, but in February was deserted. Compared with Rome, after 4 days watching the column of Trajan, it was like paradise.
When I returned to Florence, 10 years after I go to Pisa, I spend the same, is bigger than Siena, but quiet, I will discuss in a post.
After visiting Siena, we got to Florence at night because it seemed that one of the buses we had lost, move 100 people you know, turned out that we had anticipated. At least the hotel was not a hostel like Rome but neither were not to walk around much, not whether he was in the center can not remember. Read the rest of this entry »
Also known as The Duomo di Milano, meaning God’s House is located in the city of Milan, Italy and represents one of the best-known cathedrals in the country and across Europe.
With their very important dimensions of more than 150 meters long is the fourth largest temple in Europe after St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, the Seville Cathedral and the Basilica of St. Peter located in Rome.
Its construction began in the late 14th century when Nicolas de Bonaventure was commissioned for this work, which was designed in a Gothic style.
Its large internal dimensions can accommodate over 40 thousand people is one of the cathedrals chosen for major events in the country.
After many twists and turns fresh in 1805 to complete the work was accomplished after Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the building years ago continued detention.
Among the key highlights of the interior parts you can see the sarcophagus of Archbishop Alberto da Intimiano and Marco Carelli who donated a large sum for the construction of this church.
With five ships, one central and 4 lateral Milan Cathedral is one of the landmarks of the city being visited by thousands of tourists each year. Great care has to be preserved when the building permits can now visit the interior of the building.