Milan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary (Santa Maria Nascente), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete, beginning construction in 1386 and its final details completed in 1965. It is the largest church in the Italian Republic(the larger St. Peter's Basilica is in the State of Vatican City), a sovereign state—and one of the largest in the world.(wikipedia)