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New lighting heightens beauty of Milan's Duomo

December 10, 2010

Church officials in Milan have installed new lights in the city’s famous cathedral, the Duomo, so that the stained-glass windows are illumined from within, providing a spectacular view from the piazza in front of the cathedral.

The new lights inside the Duomo were lit on December 8 to celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The windows will be illuminated throughout the Christmas season, and then on weekends and religious feast days.

 

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  • Posted by: - Dec. 12, 2010 8:36 PM ET USA

    The Duomo had great visual appeal the way it was built. Do the lights help or is it an effort to be so called modern? Guy F.

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians turned Christ into a mere man, only higher in grace than others in the eyes of…

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