Duomo di Milano, Milan  

“What a wonder it is! So grand, so solemn, so vast! And yet so delicate, so airy, so graceful!”

The impressive west front, with restoration works as of May 2008.

The Duomo and an equestrian statue at sunset.

The Duomo in all its pointy Gothic glory by night.

View from roof.

East side of the Duomo, with choir windows.

Strolling on the roof of the second-largest Catholic cathedral in the world.

A view down Duomo’s huge nave.

Great pillars, side aisle and side altar.

Gory 16th-century statue of St. Bartholomew, who was flayed alive.

View of the choir.

Detail of choir window.