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On the roof of the 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.
See the Milan Cathedral as high resolution panorama http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12474 or another panorama from the roof: http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12507 This is a spherical 360° panorama best viewed with Google Earth, there you will also find out what the shining metal is... |
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Lake Orta from Mottarone in the Italian Alps. A beautiful lake with wonderful Orta San Giulio on it's banks.
Taken with Canon SX1 IS 150 shots |
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double arcade formed of two glass-vaulted arcades at right angles intersecting in an octagon; it is prominently sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and connects to the Piazza della Scala. Named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of united Italy, it was originally designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.
The Galleria connects two of Milan's most famous landmarks: The Duomo and the Teatro Alla Scala. More than 120 years after its inauguration, the four-story arcade includes elegant shops selling most things from haute couture to books, as well as restaurants, cafes and bars. Directly connected to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Milan's ultra-luxurious Town House Galleria hotel, offering the city's most luxurious (and most expensive) rooms and facilities. The Galleria is the site for many luxury goods' shops, like Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton. To get the real impression of this spherical 360° panorama you have to open it in Google Earth! http://gigapan.org/exportGigapan.php?id=12444 |
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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.
Built from the late 14th well into the 19th century (and in a sense, never completed as work continues), the Duomo di Milano is one of the world's largest churches, being second in size within Italy only to Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, and being the second largest Gothic cathedral in the world, after the Cathedral of Seville in Spain. The interior height of its central nave is surpassed only by the remaining choir of Beauvais Cathedral in France. Visitors are allowed to walk on the roof of The Cathedral. See the panorama I made on top of the Cathedral: http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12492 |
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The beautiful Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. These islands are Isola Bella (the big one with the ornamental gardens) and Isola Pescatore photographed from the town of Stresa. Don't miss the wonderful architecture and gardens. You may like this other gigapan from across the lake to the right. http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=13537 |
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These lovely ornamental gardens are on the island of Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore near the town of Stresa north of Milan. The gardens are beautifully looked after. Shot from Stresa across the lake is at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=29357 |
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Taken from the delightful village of Orta on Lake Orta the monastery island and a gigantic "trojan" horse . OK I cheated a little bit: the horse is on a floating tethered platform which, because of the wind and waves, had moved by the time the camera came to it so now the horse is wading!! Artistic license! See reciprocal from the island at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=29417 |
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On the roof of the 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.
See the Milan Cathedral as high resolution panorama http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12474 This is a 360° spherical panorama best viewed with Google Earth |
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The beautiful little Italian town of Orta San Giulio sits on the edge of Lake Orta. Like Venice on a lakeside this village hosts outdoor art exhibitions each year like the horse on http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=29386 |
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Duomo early morning july 2009 |