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The Milan Cathedral

The Milan Cathedral (Milan Duomo) is one of the largest cathedrals in the world.

According to Wikipedia, “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 the Italian Republic—the larger St. Peter’s Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state—and possibly the second largest in Europe and the third-largest in the world (its size and position remain a matter of debate)”.

I shot this photograph on March 26, 2022, and our visit to Milan marks our first European visit since the outbreak of Covid-19 two years ago.

The weather was a perfect 70º, and we find that when we travel to Europe in the very early spring, we miss the massive crowds that are certain to be here in a few months.

I last stood in front of this impressive architectural marvel in the mid-70s, and I found that the first glimpse still brought an impromptu “holy cow.”

As a 19-year-old college student from the midwest, the idea of such an impressive structure wasn’t something that ever occurred to me. And to think that it took 600 years to build was also something that was utterly foreign to my way of thinking.

As travel agency owners, folks occasionally comment to us, “not another European cathedral.” But for me, the wonder of these architectural masterpieces never ends, and you can always expect to find me exploring in awe.

When you visit Milan, we highly recommend that you carve out an hour or two to visit the Milan Cathedral.

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