 Eg- Milian cathedral

 Milan Cathedral 1380's-19th century 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.
 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.
 Milan Cathedral
 is the cathedral
church of Milan, Italy. Dedicated
to St Mary of theNativity (Santa
Maria Nascente), it is the seat of
the Archbishop of Milan,
currently Cardinal Angelo Scola
 The Gothic cathedral took
nearly six centuries to
complete. It is the 5th-
largest church in the
world and the largest in Italy.
 Capacity-40,000
Peoples
 Length-158.5
metres (520 ft)
 Width-92 metres
(302 ft)
 Width (nave)-16.75
metres (55 ft)
 Height (max)-108
metres (354 ft)
 Spire height-108.5
metres (356 ft)
 Materials-Brick
with Candoglia
marble
 The plan consists of a nave with four side-aisles,
crossed by a transept and then followed
by choir and apse. The height of the nave is about
45 meters, the highest Gothic vaults of a complete
church

 The cathedral's five broad naves, divided by 40

pillars, are reflected in the hierarchic openings of
the façade. Even the transepts have aisles. The
nave columns are 24.5 metres (80 ft) high, and the
apsidal windows are 20.7 x 8.5 metres (68 x 28
feet). The huge building is of brick construction,
faced with marble from the quarries. Its
maintenance and repairs are very complicated.

 Milan’s cathedral has recently developed a new

lighting system, based on LED lights.
 Nave--- Hierarchic
openings
 In the 1650's work was begun on the western
facade but it was not completed until the
19th century. Thisfacade is more classical in
detail than Gothic
 Pinnacles and Flying Buttresses
 Entrance and dome of the Galleria
 Interior

The central nave One of the side aisle

looking towards altar
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