Category Archives: Architecture Everyone knows that Milan is the fashion capital of Earth, and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is not only one of the world’s oldest shopping malls but also a place to see the best dressed men and women out there. Housed within a four-story double arcade in central Milan, the Galleria is named after Vittorio Emanuele […]   The Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente, is at the very center of the city and the Piazza del Duomo. It is the fifth largest cathedral in the world and the largest in the Italian state territory. The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete and it was actually Napoleon Bonaparte who was […]  Kilmainham Gaol (Jail) in Dublin, Ireland is one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, it was involved in some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland’s history and its emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s. When it was built in 1796, Kilmainham Gaol was referred to as the […]  Trinity College Library Dublin is the library of Trinity College and the University of Dublin. It is the largest library in Ireland and, as a legal deposit or “copyright library”, it has rights to receive material published in the Republic of Ireland free of charge; it is also the only Irish library to hold such […]  Dunluce Castle is located dramatically close to a headland that plunges straight into the sea, along the North Antrim coast in Northern Ireland, and was the headquarters of the MacDonnell Clan. There is archaeological evidence of a village that surrounded the castle which was destroyed by fire in 1641. The site was also witness to […] |
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