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Veneranda Fabbrica's Clock Tower_02610

The Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano ("Venerable Factory of the Duomo of Milan") is a 600-year-old organization that was established to supervise the construction of the Cathedral of Milan (the "Duomo"). The organization is still active and involved with the maintenance, preservation, and restoration of the cathedral. Its main headquarters are located in the eponymous palace in Piazza del Duomo. Despite the Duomo being a consecrated Roman Catholic church, the Venerable Factory is completely independent of the Holy See. Giuseppe Vandoni completed the work in 1865, crowning it with an impressive central clock, on which statues of day and night were installed nearby. The first, depicting a young woman who with one hand covers her face from the sun, the second is a halfa-sleep woman.

 

 

Джузеппе Вандони завершил работу в 1865 году, увенчав ее внушительными центральными часами, на которых статуи дня и ночи были установлены рядом. Первая, изображающая молодую женщину, которая одной рукой закрывает лицо от солнца, вторая - полусонная женщина.

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