In many of the world’s large metropolitan areas the quality of the air often leaves a lot to be desired.To overcome this problem, on February 25th the Milan Municipality launched a major project aimed at lowering traffic pollution, and called it Area B. This area is part of a ZTL (limited traffic zone) program, the […]
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Milan Grows Greens
On 29th October 1955 some aristocrats – six Italian (Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Pietro Paolo Trompeo, Giorgio Bassani, Desideria Pasolini dall’Onda, Elena Croce, Luigi Magnani) and one Italian-American, (Hubert John Edward Dominic Howard) – sat down in the baroque heart of Rome, between the Tiber and Trinità dei Monti, and devised a constitution for an association […]
New Lights For Milan
More than six centuries have passed since the first stone of Milan’s Cathedral was laid in 1386, yet its construction cannot be considered completed. That explains why the Milanese love to say “it’s taking as long as the building of the Duomo!” when referring to all those jobs that never seem to come to completion. […]
Winning Projects / Smart Cities
Sharing Cities, a European urban redevelopment project, has been launched south of Milan near via Ripamonti, in the Porta Romana-Vettabbia district. It is part of an important European research and innovation program called Horizon 2020 (https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/what-horizon-2020). As written in http://www.sharingcities.eu/,”the demonstration districts in ‘lighthouse’ cities Lisbon, London and Milan will implement replicable urban digital solutions […]
Design, past and future
Over the last seventy years, Italian design has expressed ‘Made in Italy’ brand excellence in a wide range of fields, and nowadays its products are often recognized the world over not only for their quality but also for their ability to cater to people’s needs, ambitions, dreams and … contradictions. On Monday 15th October, an […]
International coffee culture comes to Milan
In Italy coffee is an age-old ritual, from the first sip in the morning at home, to various coffee breaks in bars and coffee-shops later on in the day. In Naples, people are so addicted to coffee that songwriters often dedicate folk arias to their beloved drink. Even in English-speaking countries, many coffee names are […]
Milan Makes Music
In Milan, during the month of September, all music lovers will be able to enjoy a major event: throughout the month, from the centre to the suburbs, the city will resonate with the widest possible range of international musical genres. This event actually started out in Turin. The ‘Festival Torino Settembre Musica’ began in 1978 […]
Milan – an inland city’s commitment for clean seas
Residents of Milan and visitors alike know that the red ‘M’ logo marks the access to a Metro station, but perhaps even some Milanese are not aware that behind that sign lies the work of MM (formerly Metropolitana Milanese), an internationally renowned tech company that was established by the City Council on October 6, 1955 […]
Summer is here – let’s us play
Summertime is the ideal time to play outside and have fun on outdoor adventures, but it’s not so easy to find the right places if you live in a big city – also considering the fact that the over 400 outdoor sports facilities and swimming pools in Milan are usually overcrowded. Lots of public and […]
How a Horse Fulfilled an International Dream
After the death of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, in 1466, his son Ludovico il Moro asked Leonardo da Vinci to create the largest equestrian statue in the world, in memory of his father. The commission was paid in advance by the court treasury superintendent, and Leonardo’s workshop, which was located where the Palazzo Reale […]