Palazzo della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo
In Milan, the Palazzo della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo rises as a historic architectural building connected with the city’s cathedral. Its facade carries a clock installed in 1866. The clock bears the inscription “Tempo medio di Roma”, meaning “Mean Time of Rome” in English.
These headquarters serve the institution Gian Galeazzo Visconti founded in 1387 to oversee Milan Cathedral’s construction and preservation. Restoration and conservation remain part of that work. The palace also connects the cathedral with its museum, archive, library, and musical chapel through cultural and liturgical activity. Those responsibilities give the building a role in both the cathedral’s care and its public life.
The facade places a nineteenth-century timepiece above an institution connected to more than six centuries of cathedral work. Look up to the clock, where “Tempo medio di Roma” preserves an older way of measuring the day.
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