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Santa Maria Podone
Santa Maria Podone is a small Greek Orthodox church in central Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. History A church on the site was first established in 871, it was a donation by a nobleman by the Surname of ''Podone'' or ''Pedone''; henceforth, its name. Putatively he was a soldier in the army of Charlemagne. The church has undergone at least two major reconstructions: once in 1440, when it was rebuilt in Gothic style, and the church we see today, reconstructed under the archbishop Federico Borromeo starting in 1625. Parte prima contenente la descrizione della citta, Volume 1 (1818), page 151. For example, the facade was designed by from 1628 to 1634 with the two tall [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
