Overview

Learn about St. Ambrose’s past and the cathedral’s significant contribution to the city’s spiritual and cultural development. View the city from the Duomo Terraces. On clear days, one can see as far as the Alps and the Apennine Mountains from this structure made of Candoglia marble. elevator not required.

Tour Highlights

• • Explore the 27 rooms of the Duomo and the sculptures, tapestries, and stained glass windows of the Palazzo Reale from the 14th century
  • View the S. Tecla and S. Giovanni alle Fonti Baptistery’s ancient ruins. deepen your understanding of Milan’s cultural and spiritual history.
  • The Baptistery remained abandoned until 1961 after being constructed in the fourth century by St. Ambrose and destroyed in 1387 to make room for the cathedral