Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano; Milanese: Domm de Milan) is the cathedral church of Milan in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi.
The Gothic cathedral took five centuries to complete and is the fourth-largest church in the world.
| Milan Cathedral | |
|---|---|
 Duomo di Milano from the Square. | |
| Basic information | |
| Location | Milan, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | 45°27′51″N 9°11′29″E / 45.46417°N 9.19139°ECoordinates: 45°27′51″N 9°11′29″E / 45.46417°N 9.19139°E |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Architectural description | |
| Groundbreaking | 1386 |
| Year completed | 1965 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 157 metres (515 ft) |
| Width | 92 metres (302 ft) |
| Width (nave) | 16.75 metres (55 ft) |
| Height (max) | 45 metres (148 ft) |
| Dome height (outer) | 65.5 metres (215 ft) |
| Spire height | 106.5 metres (349 ft) |
| Materials | Brick with Candoglia marble |
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