20,000 COPIES ello May 2015 hmilano Contact Hello Milano The complete, free guide to getting the most out of Milan. City Map (Mon-Fri 9,30-18,00), and Useful Tel. (+39) 02.2952.0570 Information Mobile (+39) 348.600.6297 updated ! [email protected] Tourist Assistance for getting the most out of Milan. More information on ARTIDEA pag 12. www.artidea.co.uk www.friendinmilan.co.uk translations • graphics • free press www.hellomilano.it Enduring Legacyhello As the city comes to life with the excitement of seen last, the back of the Madonna benthello over Expo, this month Hello Milano takes a look at the rest of Milan to see what changes the event has her son Christ. There wrought on our museums, parks and public spac- is a new emotional in- es. tensity, and one can feel Michelangelo’s sor- For centuries Milan suffered in her land-locked row as he worked on status and ingeniously used the Navigli to sail off this marble grouping, through the Po and on towards the sea. Monks thinking perhaps of his were the first to build and exploit this route and own immanent depar- the waterways were modernized by Leonardo ture from the world. himself. Along the Navigli now there are 75 thou- In fact the two figures, sand square meters of walkways, a scrubbed-up left unfinished, seem marina and a completely renovated marketplace; somehow embracing so canoeing to Venice is once more on the cards. each other in a sort of The 20 million euro project, which has taken 18 preparation to climb months to complete, has also brought the an- into the sky. cient Ticinello canal back to life after 85 years, following a deep cleaning operation on the canal Back down on earth bed and reconstruction of the banks. Two ancient there is a new café, the bridges are back in business; one dating from Calicantus Sforzesco, the 1700s, and an older, three-arch construction set in the Ducal Court, dating from the 1500s and known as the bridge a little garden in The recently restored Spanish Hospital of Taxes. Roads have been rerouted to create a front of the Sforzesco In the centre the Pietà by Michelangelo wide-open pedestrian space around Piazza XXIV Museum for you to Maggio, preserve an historic oak located in the try. Contemporary and lower part of the square, and leave space for 17 cosy it is open all day. In addition outside and all living room; albeit the kind of parlor where the new plane trees. The square borders the new, re- around the Castle there is a large new pedestrian latte’s and literature are for sale. placement, market which is now made up of 30 belt with children’s play areas, and other spaces stalls inside a steel and glass structure, which is for events and grown-up activities. Inside the Expo site the largest remnant will cer- expected to host a mixture of familiar faces and tainly be the Italian pavilion itself, serving as a new traders. Just up the road on via Manzoni another new café centre for technological innovation. The “Tree of space has opened up at the Poldi Pezzoli home- Life”, sculpture situated in the Lake Arena outside Great changes are also afoot at the Sforza museum, called ‘Terrace Pollaiolo” after the Dama the Italian Pavilion will also remain. This 35-me- Castel. An entire long wing known as the Spanish del Pollaiolo whose profile became the symbol of tre long complex structure made out of woven Hospital, closed for centuries and reused as a the museum. An unmissable part of Milan’s cul- wood and steel is intended to demonstrate the warehouse, has been recently rediscovered and tural heritage, this museum was created out of industrial excellence and creativity Italy is capa- gloriously restored. It was constructed during the the 18th century home of one of the city’s most ble of, and follows a design inspired by an exem- Spanish period of rule during the 16th century prodigious collectors. It is the home of two beau- plary work of the Italian Renaissance: the floor to house suffers from the deadly plague which tiful Botticelli, a library of perfect Japanese net- of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome designed struck Milan not long after Michelangelo’s death suke and an awe-inspiring private armory. In a by Michelangelo. Official sources are suggesting, in 1564, and decorated with delicate frescoes culmination of an ambitious design project which rather breathlessly, that the tree could be con- and inscriptions designed to offer hope and suc- has been ten years in the completion, the winning sidered as a new symbol of today’s Italy, with cor to the dying, such as: “(He) ascended into design encloses the first-floor terrace to create a the country’s roots sunk deep in the fertile soil of heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the bright, airy modern café and restaurant. Striving her cultural heritage, trunk and branches reach- Almighty Father”. to retain the air of this neoclassical 18th century ing forward into a technologically creative future. home, the café is imagined to be its 21st century Alison Micklem It seems now the most fitting new home to accom- modate Milan’s Michelangelo, and discover the in- credible pathos shrouded by Michelangelo in his last Pietà, so different from his famous first work in Saint Peter in Rome. In Milan, upon entering, visitors will approach the sculpture’s shoulders and see first what Michelangelo sculpted to be historical buildings; 9 inside the Expo2015 clusters; 1st May 2015: Friday 94 in galleries; 12 in the outskirts of Milan. www. Labor Day, National Italian holiday what’s on photofestival.it. 15.00-20.00: Photo award. The World Press Photo Opening event. From 2nd to 10th May. A great Foundation of Amsterdam, chooses the winner from celebration at the Sforza Castle, to mark the thousands of photos sent from every part of the world by ello page 2 beginning of ExpoinCittà, the organization working to photo-journalists, agencies, newspapers and magazines. h May 2015 enrich Milanese cultural life throughout the Universal For 2014 the judges have chosen an image by a Danish milano Exposition. To kick off on 2nd May the new space photographer working for the Swedish daily paper Politiken, “Antico Ospedale degli Spagnoli” (Antique Hospital represented by Panos Pictures. During the event Mads of the Spanish), which has recently become home Nissen will be present together with Alessia Glaviano, May highlights to the Pietà by Michelangelo (see front page article), senior photo editor of “Vogue Italia” and “L’Uomo Vogue”. will be open free to the public from 14.00 to 23.00. www.worldpressphoto.org. Admission free. Galleria Carla After which admission will be free from Mon-Sun Sozzani, Corso Como 10 • M2 Moscova ATM, public transport app 9.00 – 19.00 until the 10th May. From the 11th one 18.00: Great concert for the Expo opening. The big A free ATM Mobile app -available for Android, comprehensive ticket to all the Castle Museums Duomo Bell will ring to start the event, followed by the BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia and Windows Mobile- will will cost only 3/5€. Castello Sforzesco, Antico Banda dell’Esercito Italiano (Italian Army Band), conducted help you find your way around Milan. And now it Ospedale degli Spagnoli, First courtyard • M1 Cairoli by the female capitain Antonella Bona, in front of some also enables you to buy all types of ATM tickets. international Authorities, with an Italian music repertoire. th Until 6 January an annual BikeMi card €4 is The music played from the Duomo roofs, will certainly be available at the Metro newspaper kiosks. The reMI-VEri From 16th to 24th May. An event organized by the heard free in the Piazza. Piazza Duomo • M1/3 Duomo card can be activated online at www.bikemi.it at a 20.00: Opera premiere. “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini th Milanese rowers from Cus Canottieri San Cristoforo to discounted price of €25. After January 6 the price with final part by Luciano Berio. La Scala Orchestra, Choir, will be €32. re-experience a long lost nautical tradition in Milan. For centuries there have been 450 km of navigable and trebles choir conducted by Riccardo Chailly. €15/250. A new stretch of Metro5 “Lilla” has opened, with Teatro alla Scala, Piazza della Scala • M1/3 Duomo the following stops: Domodossola, interconnected waterways along the river Po that cross 12 cities with Ferrovie Nord, Lotto, interconnected with M1; and 3 regions. An ancient route where people and Segesta, San Siro Ippodromo (racecourse) and barges travelled between Milan and Venice. The San Siro Stadio (football). event this year has seven stages, some of which include transporting the canoes on wheels (which absolutely must be pulled by people) to pass some BikeMi transports locks, particularly in the Milanese “Navigli”, to the To help Expo tourists enjoy Milan at its best, 1000 Po in Pavia. They are expected to arrive in Venice new electrical booster bikes and 3740 new normal on 24th May, just in time to take part in the famous bikes are being provided. A total of 750 new bicycle Vogalonga. www.canottierisancristoforo.it. Starting stands will be installed not only in the city centre point: Darsena • M2 Porta Genova but even in the outskirts, and 44 along the way from the city center to Rho Expo. From May, Milan will be the first city in the world with a bike-sharing Italian Panorama st st integrated system with a total of 8.000 bikes.