A recent article by Elisabetta Povoledo, the Italian correspondent of The New York Times, highlights the struggles that the Duomo Cathedral is going through. Weather conditions and pollution are a threat to the beauty of the Milanese landmark par excellence.
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In China there is an exact copy of the city of Milan and the capital of fashion is not the first city to have been duplicated. Read for more
The Duomo of Milan: Marbles and Marvels History The Duomo of Milan with its 11.700 square meters surface is the fifth largest church of the world or the third if only Catholic churches are taken into consideration (the first two are the St Peter Basilica in Rome and the cathedral of Seville in Spain). The gothic cathedral is widely considered as the main landmark of the city of Milan and it is dedicated to the St. Mary of the Nativity. The construction of the Duomo of Milan took almost six hundred years and its origin dates back to 1386 when…
Layover in Milan? Here’s what to do if you only have a few hours to spend in the city. From Malpensa Airport to Milan If you happen to be at Malpensa Airport just go to the train station and catch the first train to Milan Cadorna. It takes only 30 minutes and the train will get you to the heart of the city of Milan at a cost of € 12.00. Once at Cadorna, if you give your back to the station’s building (designed by architect Gae Aulenti) you will see right in front of you the art installation called…
Enjoy this gallery of the statues adorning the Duomo cathedral in piazza del Duomo in Milan. Look carefully because one of them might remind you of another statue that you have already seen somewhere else. Share the post if you find out! After the gallery the solution to this mistery… Yep! That’s the Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty has an exact twin sister in the city of Milan. Do you want to know where to spot it? Just read this post!
Maybe it’s the EXPO effect but Milan is now offering plenty of opportunities when it comes to food and food culture. The most recent opening is the “Mercato al Duomo” right next to the Cathedral in Piazza del Duomo. It is a modern space on 4 levels for a total amount of 5.000 square meters. The architect Michele de Lucchi has designed a new space which allow visitors to experience the whole Italian food tradition: from the raw materials to the finished product. The “Mercato al Duomo” features five different areas: The Bar Motta: for a real Italian breakfast. This…
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