The most important place in Milan is the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente (Duomo), a pearl of Italian Gothic, which was built from 1386 to the beginning of the 19th century. The third largest Catholic temple on the planet can be counted as one of the wonders of the world. Its hundred-meter spiers rise above the center of Milan, and the golden statue of the Madonna on the longest spire (four meters high) is visible from many parts of the city