Duomo | Milan, Italy [Archive]

European1978

July 31st, 2004, 06:17 AM

Thanks mate ;)

here some info:

Il DUOMO di Milano

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The biggest and greatest late gothic architecture in Italy.
The second world greatest Cathedral.
The cathedral is white marble, over a brick core, and has a cruciform plan. One of the largest cathedrals in the world (14,000 square yards) it was designed to accommodate 40,000 worshippers. The forest of pinnacles, the tracery panels, and the rich embellishment with statuary identifies it as Late Gothic. Closer to France than most Italian cathedrals, it borrows more directly from the French "rayonnant" style.
Begun in the 1380's on a site where several churches had existed earlier, the building of this cathedral was fraught with difficulties. Over a number of years several different architects and consultants (including Leonardo and Bramante) were asked to work on the design.

Phobos

July 31st, 2004, 06:51 AM

very original and massive
one of the best cathedrals of Europe
10/10

European1978

July 31st, 2004, 10:47 PM

The biggest Gothic Catherdral of the World all made of Marble
another pic of Duomo of Milan, hundreds of years to complete it, they also had to build many artificial canals to tranport the material from the region of Ticino via water (i navigli)
picture

http://www.hut.fi/~hsaariko/duomo.jpg

European1978

July 31st, 2004, 11:11 PM

Another picture to see the size of it better.

http://www.alitalia1.biz/Foto/Lombardia-Milano%20Duomo.jpg

European1978

August 1st, 2004, 06:50 PM

Anyone knows if the cleaning of the front facade is finished?

bruceb25

August 3rd, 2004, 08:35 PM

Milan is a very disappointing city, but the cathedral is wonderful.

Xumius

August 6th, 2004, 02:33 AM

DUOMO MILANO

http://xumius.altervista.org/italia/milano/Milano%2520003.jpg

LA SCALA MILANO

http://xumius.altervista.org/italia/milano/Milano%2520001.jpg

European1978

August 7th, 2004, 10:29 PM

I wonder who voted 4 for such a wonderful architecture, 400 years of work to build a massive marble church higher than 110 metres with a gold statue on the top and thousands of statues all around.The biggest Gothic Catherdral in the World and second biggest church.A shame !

Vitovito

August 7th, 2004, 10:58 PM

Great church..............10!

European1978

August 13th, 2004, 08:15 PM

http://www.webitalianet.com/fotografie/foto%20lombardia/foto_milano/duomo_milano.jpg

DamienK

December 15th, 2004, 04:09 PM

Pointy. 9/10

Hardouin-Mansart

December 15th, 2004, 04:33 PM

-3
I will add another gargoyle> :tongue:

European1978, since wheh does Miland have a gothic cathedral with bigger dimensions than that in Seville?

Luka Trieste+Wroclaw

January 19th, 2005, 12:30 PM

Well, as a non-Italian, right today (Wed, 19 Jan 2005) at dawn I saw Milan Duomo in this way (it's a quite distant web-cam, yet it's fine :) ) ...

http://tinypic.com/1e80sx

[P.S. Other snowy pics (right yesterday/today 18-19 Jan 2005) of Milan & Northern Italy:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3071922&postcount=47
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3068393&postcount=39
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=170624 (nice web-cams of Verona and Padua can be seen here)]

:wave:

Raine

January 19th, 2005, 04:26 PM

9,5/10!!!!!!!

Toshik

January 19th, 2005, 11:48 PM

Whoosh!... 9.5/10

Wicky

January 20th, 2005, 12:13 AM

No doubt Milan Dome is one of the most beautiful structures in Europe. It deserves between 9 and 10, but more close to 10! :)

Fabio

January 25th, 2005, 07:55 AM

9.5/10

really impressive

Javi

July 18th, 2005, 11:40 PM

9/10

Valia

July 19th, 2005, 10:30 AM

9.5

original and unique gothic cathedral

Shogun

August 25th, 2005, 03:42 AM

-3
I will add another gargoyle> :tongue:

European1978, since wheh does Miland have a gothic cathedral with bigger dimensions than that in Seville?

:| ???

Ellatur

August 25th, 2005, 03:46 AM

10/10

gohcan

August 25th, 2005, 12:47 PM

10/10
One of the bests

El_Greco

August 25th, 2005, 09:09 PM

Very beautiful!10/10

-{ Rick }-

September 19th, 2005, 07:25 PM

10 / 10 .. No words to say

Indexi

September 19th, 2005, 08:03 PM

9.5/10

;)

bnmaddict

October 9th, 2005, 02:31 AM

10/10! Italy has some of the most beautiful cathedrals ever built; here's one of them!

EuroStar

October 9th, 2005, 04:13 AM

9.5

chukchi

October 9th, 2005, 04:15 AM

10/10 fantastic

Urban Dave

November 19th, 2005, 02:17 AM

I will visit it soon, late December, it's still under remodelation?

-Corey-

November 19th, 2005, 08:49 AM

wowww i wanna change my vote for 10/10

nerazzurri

November 19th, 2005, 08:57 AM

Spectacular Architecture!

beta29

November 20th, 2005, 05:07 PM

9.5/10!

SkyLerm

December 4th, 2005, 07:03 PM

great, I love this cathedral 10/10

JohnnyMass

December 5th, 2005, 10:07 PM

a sea of spires! impressive! 10/10

forvine

December 10th, 2005, 07:37 PM

9/10.... very nice

Sinjin P.

December 26th, 2005, 02:42 PM

9.5/10

crossbowman

May 11th, 2006, 11:08 PM

Masterpiece! 9,5/10

isola-man

May 21st, 2006, 11:04 AM

9 because the restoration jobs never do not end

Mosaic

May 31st, 2006, 11:23 AM

10/10.

Techno-Architect

November 8th, 2006, 11:01 PM

Wut does "duomo" mean??

Very Gothic detailing 6/10

gutooo

November 9th, 2006, 03:46 AM

10!

Sbz2ifc

February 3rd, 2007, 02:39 AM

10/10

billyandmandy

February 3rd, 2007, 04:13 PM

10/10

Dreamlıneя

February 5th, 2007, 08:17 AM

10/10

TohrAlkimista

March 16th, 2007, 08:38 PM

difficult to explain...is something really impressive!

marpa

June 4th, 2007, 07:19 PM

9,5/10

clarky

June 4th, 2007, 09:30 PM

10/10

joga

November 4th, 2007, 12:07 AM

10/10
Wonderful... A gem of the human architecture. It leaves breathless

BlackLukes

November 4th, 2007, 12:11 AM

10/10

Seen live it's another thing, something unforgettable

New_To _This_City

November 4th, 2007, 12:45 AM

9.5... nearly perfect!!!

LMCA1990

November 4th, 2007, 07:51 PM

9/10

Popiel

December 6th, 2007, 07:10 PM

10/10 :)

_zner_

May 26th, 2008, 10:11 AM

10! amazing!

Nikkodemo

June 25th, 2008, 07:07 AM

:eek2:

10/10

Fundador

July 2nd, 2008, 06:16 AM

9/10:)

jarbury

July 2nd, 2008, 07:13 AM

Holy hell and I thought the Duomo in Florence was impressive! 10/10!

W!CKED

July 4th, 2008, 08:34 PM

10/10

henry hill

November 25th, 2008, 06:34 PM

9,5/10

tonyssa

June 2nd, 2009, 01:22 AM

10/10

ZZ-II

June 7th, 2009, 02:41 AM

9/10

Jan Del Castillo

September 26th, 2009, 11:59 AM

10. Excellent. Regards.

Srdjan Adamovic

October 29th, 2009, 06:25 PM

9.5/10

Heroico

November 24th, 2009, 10:02 PM

hatfoil

December 17th, 2009, 11:34 PM

Too much! (though spires like that may come in handy every once in a while...)
No trace of serenity to be found, this building behaves like some rich people.
Also, this mix of gothic and classical elements, especially in the west front, does'nt work for me.
7/10 just for its size and impressiveness.

romanito

August 19th, 2010, 08:16 PM

9/10

Mauz®

December 27th, 2010, 07:42 PM

Teh original picture doesn't work anymore.

Here you are some I quickly found on Google:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/876MilanoDuomo.JPG

http://www.appuntamentimetropolitani.milano.it/img/appuntamenti/big/32870.jpg

http://sites.etleboro.com/files/photo/1029_duomo%20di%20milano.jpg

http://www.italy-travel-vacation.com/milano/Big/Immagine%20011.jpg

http://www.mondoinfoto.com/img_viaggi/37/37_276.jpg

http://svagoedintorni.com/wp-content/gallery/milano-duomo/svagoedintorni_milano_duomo_vista_laterale.jpg

Special night shot (too big to post it):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Duomo_Milano_guglie_di_notte.JPG

buho

January 2nd, 2011, 03:19 PM

The most french gothic cathedral of Italy, 9'5!

Dahlis

January 5th, 2011, 12:16 PM

The Duomo is amazing!

BoardLord

January 9th, 2011, 05:17 PM

10/10

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7353/titedominetmilan.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/i/titedominetmilan.jpg/)

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Slodi

January 24th, 2011, 01:10 PM

10/10, has the renovation been completed?

aarhusforever

March 10th, 2011, 08:47 AM

10/10

Guaporense

March 13th, 2011, 01:14 AM

10/10!

Guaporense

March 13th, 2011, 01:15 AM

yudibali2008

May 31st, 2011, 09:08 AM

10/10

mossimoh

June 15th, 2011, 03:42 PM

9.5/10

marco61

June 19th, 2011, 09:12 AM

10/10

dnh310

June 20th, 2011, 10:07 AM

9/10

Mauz®

June 23rd, 2011, 01:56 AM

10/10, has the renovation been completed?
The renovation of Duomo never ends... When they finish working on a part they have to begin working on another one! :D

In Milan we use the expression "La fabbrica del Duomo" ("The Duomo factory") referring to everything made extremely slowly. Something which seems never to be finished. :D

Are you working since 1 year on a project which usually would need no more of 1 month to be completed?
Is your municipality building something very slooooooowly e with a lot of interruptions and problems?
That's what we call the "Duomo factory"! ;)

Something which is never completed, because when people end working on a part they need to work again on a part they completed sometimes before. :D

BTW; actually works on the front side of the Duomo are completed. But now they began working on the main spire (the tallest, the one with the "Madonnina"). ;)