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Milan Cathedral

Religious and Sacred Buildings

Milan Cathedral, formally the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan.

Facts
Building Type
Cathedral 1
Location
Milan, Lombardy, Italy 1
Completed Year
1386 2
Completed Year
1965 1
Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account
108.5 3
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Cathedral 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Cathedral, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements

A Gothic cathedral.

Uses Element

Brick, Architectural Materials
Source Milan Cathedral (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Milan Cathedral
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence describing it as the cathedral church of Milan
    is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
  • Second paragraph, sentence giving the 1386 start and 1965 completion of final details
    beginning construction in 1386 and its final details completed in 1965.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence naming Milan, Lombardy, Italy
    is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    Milan Cathedral, formally the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan.
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2. Wikidata: Milan Cathedral
  • Wikidata Q18068, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q18068, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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3. Milan Cathedral (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 108.5
    Wikidata item Q18068, property P2048 (height): 108.5 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
  • Uses Element: Brick, Infobox material field: Brick with Candoglia marble
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