--- title: "How many steps up Milan Cathedral rooftop? 251" description: "251 steps up Milan Cathedral rooftop in Milan, Italy. Open to climb. What that count reaches, the height climbed, the average rise per step, and how it compares." url: https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/milan-duomo/ site: "At One Place" --- # How many steps to the top of Milan Cathedral rooftop? **Steps to the top of Milan Cathedral rooftop: 251** Reaching the roof terraces, at 70 m among the spires · open to climb The 251 steps take you not to a viewing platform but onto the roof itself, where you walk among 135 marble spires and roughly 3,400 statues on a marble surface that slopes. There is also a lift, and the stairs ticket is cheaper. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete, and the final gate was fitted in 1965. Walking on the roof of a working cathedral is unusual enough that this is the climb people remember more than the height. ## The numbers - **Steps:** 251 - **Reaches:** the roof terraces, at 70 m among the spires - **Public access:** Open to climb - **Where:** Milan, Italy - **Height climbed:** 70 m — 230 ft - **Average rise per step:** 279 mm ## What the climb is like About 15 minutes. A lift is available; the roof surface is sloped marble and slippery when wet. > Published counts for the same structure routinely disagree by five to ten per cent, and nearly always for one of three reasons: whether intermediate landings count as steps, whether the final platform step counts, and where the climb is deemed to start. The figure here says what it reaches. ## How it compares *Only the ones marked open to climb can actually be walked.* - Saint Isaac's Cathedral colonnade: 262 steps - Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: 257 steps - Leaning Tower of Pisa: 251 steps - Milan Cathedral rooftop: 251 steps - Christ the Redeemer: 220 steps - Statue of Liberty (pedestal): 215 steps - The Motherland Calls (Mamayev Kurgan): 200 steps *Milan Cathedral rooftop ranks 50 of 56 here by step count.* | Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Saint Isaac's Cathedral colonnade | 262 | the colonnade walkway around the dome, at 43 m | Open to climb | | Cape Hatteras Lighthouse | 257 | the gallery below the lantern room, at 63 m | Open to climb | | Leaning Tower of Pisa | 251 | the bell chamber at the top, at 56 m | Open to climb | | Milan Cathedral rooftop | 251 | the roof terraces, at 70 m among the spires | Open to climb | | Christ the Redeemer | 220 | the statue's viewing platform, from the upper station of the Corcovado railway | Open to climb | | Statue of Liberty (pedestal) | 215 | the top of the pedestal, at 47 m — the observation level below the statue itself | Open to climb | | The Motherland Calls (Mamayev Kurgan) | 200 | the base of the statue, from the foot of the memorial complex | Open to climb | ## Common questions ### How many steps to the top of Milan Cathedral rooftop? 251, reaching the roof terraces, at 70 m among the spires. ### Can the public climb Milan Cathedral rooftop? Open to climb. About 15 minutes. A lift is available; the roof surface is sloped marble and slippery when wet. ### How high is that climb? 70 m, about 230 ft, which averages 279 mm per step. ## Related pages - [Cathedrals and churches](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/cathedral/) - [How many steps up Leaning Tower of Pisa?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/leaning-tower-of-pisa/) - [How many steps up St Peter's Basilica dome?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/st-peters-basilica/) - [How many steps up Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben)?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/elizabeth-tower/) - [How many steps up St Paul's Cathedral?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/st-pauls-cathedral/) - [How many steps up Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence Cathedral?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/florence-duomo/) - [How many steps up Notre-Dame de Paris towers?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/notre-dame-de-paris/) - [How many steps up Sagrada Família towers?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/sagrada-familia/) - [How many steps up Cologne Cathedral south tower?](https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/cologne-cathedral/) ## Sources - Official vendor product documentation — At One Place (/about/)