# Milan

> Santa Maria Nascente · EST. 1386 · FINISHED 1965

Begun in 1386 and declared finished in 1965. The Bureau has reviewed the file and considers five hundred and seventy-nine years a reasonable interval for a cathedral. The roof carries 135 spires, a figure the register prints as counted rather than as estimated. Funds ran short often enough that the spires were at one point offered for adoption. The Bureau holds that a building paid for in instalments over six centuries is not unfinished but merely patient.

## Sourced figures

- **chantier**: 1386, begun in 1386 — source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Cathedral (consulted 21/08/2026)
- **completed**: 1965, last details completed in 1965, nearly six centuries of building — source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Cathedral (consulted 21/08/2026)
- **spires**: 135, the cathedral carries 135 spires — source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Cathedral (consulted 25/09/2026)

## Reference image

- print: Piazza del Duomo, -Milan, Italy
- held by: Library of Congress, Photochrom Print Collection
- licence: Public domain
- file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piazza_del_Duomo,_-Milan,_Italy--LCCN2001700886.jpg

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