Il Duomo di Pavia. 27100 Pavia, Province of Pavia, Italy

Structural configuration: Building of considerable size. The plan is a Greek cross, with three naves flanked by semicircular chapels. The central dome, with an octagonal plan, visible from the countryside surrounding the city, with a height of 97 meters, a span of 34 and a weight in the order of 20 thousand tons, is the fourth largest in Italy, surpassed only by the basilica. of San Pietro, from the dome of the Pantheon in Rome (lower, but with a light of 43 meters) and from the cathedral of Florence. The medieval civic tower, next to the Duomo, collapsed in 1989. Period of construction: 1488.