A Timeline of Culture — theculturetrip.com

Construction of the Duomo was officially started seven centuries ago, in 1386, by Bishop Antonio da Saluzzo, but its vision truly grew with the support of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Milan’s ruler of the time. In fact, the Duomo owes its signature pink-hued white marble to Visconti, whose grand ideas for the cathedral lead the architects to replace the originally planned terracotta stone with Condoglian marble from Lake Maggiore in the north of Italy. Canals were dug through the city to bring the marble from the Candoglia quarries to the construction site.

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