Ms. Cook said the ceiling art reminded her of Italian cathedrals, which she recently visited.

It was built entirely in marble from various parts of Italy, with two pulpits, after the manner of Italian cathedrals.

Italian cathedrals are often highly decorated and contain notable artworks; in many cases the buildings themselves are true artworks.

The velvet curtain rose to reveal the interior of an Italian cathedral, its minutiae rendered in perfect and intricate detail.

Italian Gothic cathedrals use lots of colour, both outside and inside.

With the exception of Milan Cathedral which is Germanic in style, Italian cathedrals have few and widely spaced columns.

Nicholas Kripal has made scale-model concrete casts of four major Italian cathedrals.

Erected in 1927, the Lodge building was designed by Brother Leo Elliott after being inspired by three medieval Italian cathedrals.

Its magnificent rounded arch was reminiscent of an Italian cathedral; the rock inside the cave glittered as though encrusted with gemstones.

She slept with a smile, her father saw, like a little angel, the sort that decorated Italian cathedrals in the travel books he used to read.