Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica Of The Nativity Of Saint Mary, Milan. Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Di Santi Maria Nascente, Milano. (Part Eight).

English: Milan Cathedral.

Italiano: Milano - Duomo.

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Duomo of Milan.

The Church that took 600 Years to finish.

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On 20 May 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte, about to be crowned King of Italy, ordered the façade to be finished by Pellicani. In his enthusiasm, he assured that all expenses would fall to the French treasury, which would reimburse the Fabbrica for the real estate it had to sell. Though the re-imbursement was never paid, it still meant that finally, within only seven years, the Cathedral’s façade was completed. 

Pellicani largely followed Buzzi’s project, adding some Neo-Gothic details to the upper windows. As a form of thanksgiving, a statue of Napoleon was placed at the top of one of the Spires. Napoleon was crowned King of Italy at the Duomo.

In the following years, most of the missing Arches and Spires were constructed. The Statues on the Southern Wall were also finished, while, during 1829–1858, new Stained-Glass Windows replaced the old ones, though with less aesthetically significant results.

English: Stained-Glass Window commissioned by Pope 

Pius IV Medici for the monumental grave to his brother, the condottiero Gian Giacomo Medici (1498-1555), called "il Medeghino", by Leone Leoni, in the Cathedral in Milan.

Italiano: Duomo di Milano. Vetrata di papa Pio IV 

Medici, al di sopra del monumento funebre a suo fratello, il condottiero Gian Giacomo Medici (1498-1555), 

detto "il Medeghino", di Leone Leoni.

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The last details of the Cathedral were finished only in the 20th-Century: The last Portal was inaugurated on 6 January 1965. This date is considered the very end of a process which had proceeded for generations, although, even now, some uncarved blocks remain to be completed as statues.

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