A Rambling Writer Rerun: Italy, part 28: Milan’s Gothic Cathedral

Your Virtual Italy Vacation concludes with an overnight stop in Milan as Thor and I visit the largest Gothic cathedral in the world.

NOTE: For a virtual vacation and time-travel, join Thor and me in 2008. Italy! Starting with highlight photos posted here on Saturday, June 15, I’ll continue this rerun series every week, with occasional interruptions for other Geezer Adventures. Join us in Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, Venice, and Milan. Buon viaggio!

Flying home from Milan was easier than going back to Rome, and it gave us a chance to goggle at the towering extravagance of the Duomo de Milano. It was a work of centuries, starting in 1386 when several edifices were razed for this building site that was the old Roman “Mediolanum.” Milan’s streets ray out from this central focus of worship.

High and narrow, interior spaces also reach for the sky:

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