The Milan Cathedral, or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
Dedicated to the Nativity of St Mary, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini.
The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete: construction began in 1386, and the final details were completed in 1965. It is the largest church in Italy—the enormous Saint Peter’s Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state—and the second largest in Europe and the third-largest in the world.
History of Milan Cathedral Milan’s layout, with streets, either radiating from the Duomo or circling it, reveals that the Duomo occupies the most central site in Roman Mediolanum, that of the public basilica facing the forum.
The first cathedral, the “new basilica” dedicated to St Thecla, was completed by 355. On a slightly smaller scale, it seems to share the plan of the contemporary church recently rediscovered beneath Tower Hill in London.
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With 94 million tourists per year (2019) according to with ENIT, Italy is the third most visited country in international tourism arrivals, with 217.7 million foreign visitors nights spent and a total of 432.6 million visitors. According to estimates by the Bank of Italy of 2018, the tourism sector directly generates more than 5% of the national GDP (13% considering also the indirectly generated GDP) and represents over 6% of the employed.
People mainly visit Italy for its rich culture, cuisine, history, fashion and art, its beautiful coastline and beaches, its mountains, and priceless ancient monuments. Italy also contains more World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world.
As of 2018, the Italian places of culture (which include museums, attractions, parks, archives, and libraries) amounted to 6,610. Active hotel businesses are 33,000, while non-hotel businesses are 183,000. The tourist flow in the coastal resorts is 53%; the best-equipped cities are Grosseto for farmhouses, Vieste for campsites and tourist villages, and Cortina d’Ampezzo mountain huts.
The Milan Cathedral, or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
Dedicated to the Nativity of St Mary, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini.
The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete: construction began in 1386, and the final details were completed in 1965. It is the largest church in Italy—the enormous Saint Peter’s Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state—and the second largest in Europe and the third-largest in the world.
History of Milan Cathedral Milan’s layout, with streets, either radiating from the Duomo or circling it, reveals that the Duomo occupies the most central site in Roman Mediolanum, that of the public basilica facing the forum.
The first cathedral, the “new basilica” dedicated to St Thecla, was completed by 355. On a slightly smaller scale, it seems to share the plan of the contemporary church recently rediscovered beneath Tower Hill in London.
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