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Milan, November 25 2019 – “Milan SuperChristmas 2019” is the name of the program of initiatives that will characterize the Christmas period in Milan which will be dressed up with lights, trees, installations, markets and events, from the center to the peripheral neighborhoods to cheer up the Milanese and the many tourists. Christmas in Milan is all to be experienced, with a calendar of engaging events and evocative experiences, divided into four macro themes: traditional Christmas, fairytale Christmas, pop Christmas and romantic Christmas.

From today, Milan SuperChristmas 2019 will be promoted with a complex communication campaign that ranges from social channels to billboards and screens of different formats positioned throughout the city, which will broadcast a short video commercial made in Italian and Chinese.

“This year too, private companies and sector associations, with true Ambrosian spirit, are giving the Milanese and the many tourists innovative and high-quality lights, entertainment and installations to dress up our city – declares Tourism Councilor Roberta Guaineri –. For more than a month, Milan will be even more beautiful and attractive to passionately experience the magic of Christmas and celebrate the end of a year which recorded an extraordinary number of visitors from abroad, confirming the exceptional tourist vocation of our city" .

“In recent years – declares the councilor for Labor Policies, Productive Activities and Commerce Cristina Tajani – we have tested a solidarity practice, between private operators, Administration, trade and neighborhood associations, which allows us to bring the lights and the Christmas atmospheres throughout the city from the suburbs to the center. Thanks to this new attitude, which is more attentive to the entire city area, we have managed to illuminate an axis such as the entire Viale Monza from Loreto to Villa San Giovanni as well as areas external to the ring road such as the Casoretto, via Vallazze, via Pestalozzi, Piazza Belloveso to Niguarda, via Saponaro and via Carli, Piazza Selinunte, via Parea in Pontelambro, via Monte Piana and Promenade Rogoredo".

“During the next month of December, Milan offers all Milanese and visitors to the city a broad and diversified cultural program of great beauty and artistic quality - declares the Councilor for Culture Filippo Del Corno -. From the free exhibition to Palazzo Marino dedicated to Filippino Lippi, to the initiatives linked to the Prima della Scala spread throughout the city; from the large exhibitions opened in the exhibition venues of the Municipality of Milan to the New Year's concert, which this year too will offer an evening of celebration and fun open to the whole city".

CHRISTMAS TREES
In the heart of the city on 6 December the new tree will be inaugurated in Piazza Duomo sponsored by Esselunga: an innovative and sustainable tree, a symbol of clean energy, characterized by plays of light and surrounded by a green ring of fir trees which will be replanted. The spectacular installation, made up of a metal mesh structure and low energy consumption LEDs, is over 37 meters high with a diameter of 14 meters and is capable of holding one hundred people at the same time. A sustainable and also supportive tree because all Fidaty Card holders will be able to spend their points at the installation to support Telethon or Caritas Ambrosiana.

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, for the sixth consecutive year, will dress up for the holidays thanks to the Swarovski Digital Christmas Tree and the Luminous Vault, also created by Swarovski Milano. The tree is more than 12 meters tall and decorated with over 10.000 ornaments, including more than 2.000 Christmas stars in Swarovski crystal, illuminated by 36.000 lights and embellished with an impressive crystallized star-shaped tip.
And then the large Christmas tree created by MonteNapoleone District in Piazzetta Croce Rossa which leads to the streets of the Fashion District elegantly decorated with lights and pine balls.

LIGHTS IN THE CITY
On December 180st, over 35 streets of the city will be lit up, from the outskirts to the centre, equal to around 4 kilometers of Christmas lights in addition to those of the covered municipal markets of Wagner, Ferrara, Monza, Quarto Oggiaro, Montegani, Prealpi, Chiarelli as well as lighting created by MM in the streets and on construction sites of the MXNUMX, such as in via Lorenteggio, via Foppa and via San Vittore. A kaleidoscope of lights, shapes and colors created thanks to the collaboration between the Municipality of Milan, Confcommercio Milano, street associations, sponsors and neighborhood workshops.

The lighting project that will liven up Piazza della Scala from 5 December, created by Engie Italia, is called “Luci Buone a Milano”. An installation inspired by the ceiling of the Teatro alla Scala which envelops passers-by in a zero-impact luminous sparkle. The structure made of reflective material amplified by the presence of small crystal rhinestone dots and the installation of approximately 200 meters of low wattage LED tubes allow for energy savings of 65% whilst offering a spectacular lighting effect. Furthermore, two interactive totems will give passers-by the opportunity to choose good resolutions for 2020 as a commitment to a better quality of life in the name of reducing CO2 emissions.

For the first time Viale Monza will sparkle for the holidays, from Piazzale Loreto to Villa San Giovanni thanks to 65 arches and 3.200 meters of blue lights designed by Nivea specifically to wish a Merry Christmas to all residents and to those who arrive in the city from the north every day . The major commercial axes will also be illuminated, from Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, Via Mercanti and Via Dante which for the occasion, thanks to Dior Parfums, will sparkle with light. The colors of the Mediterranean festivals will illuminate the first stretch of Corso Venezia with an artist's touch thanks to Dolce&Gabbana. A path of lights will adorn via Orefici with Clinique by Estée Lauder. While a large roof of white and red lights, which recalls the colors of Netflix, will characterize Corso Buenos Aires from Loreto to the Porta Venezia toll booths and along Corso Venezia, as well as the entire Corso Garibaldi and Corso Como. Fringe of blue lights and white circles will decorate via Torino with Caffè Borbone. Santa Margherita and Tommaso Grossi streets light up with the Banca Mediolanum Protection shield, streets adjacent to Palazzo Biandrà, headquarters of financial advisors.

Numerous neighborhoods will have bright decorations thanks to the action of the street associations, such as Navigli, Brera, Isola, Sarpi, Dergano, Affori, Bovisa and Niguarda. The collaboration with the sponsors will also make it possible to brighten up some streets and squares outside the ring road such as: via Casoretto; via Vallazze; via Pestalozzi; Piazza Belloveso in Niguarda; via Saponaro and via Carli; via Monte Piana and Promenade Rogoredo.

Thanks to MonteNapoleone District, which represents over one hundred and fifty global luxury brands, the Quadrilatero della moda will be dressed up with lights and decorations along Via Montenapoleone, Verri, Sant'Andrea, Borgospesso, Bagutta and San Pietro all'Orto where chandeliers will alternate of light with pine spheres, while in via Santo Spirito decorations will be placed with stems adorned with flames of light and green pine balls. And for the sixth year MonteNapoleone District will also bring the lights to the Ponte Lambro area and, for the first time, to Piazza Selinunte.

The comet will instead be the distinctive element of Christmas in Piazza Tre Torri at City Life: the installation will cross transversally the space between the two levels of the square, becoming an immediately recognizable and highly iconic reference point, the ideal scenario for videos and selfies that will surely invade social media.

With “Light The Future” Urban Up - Unipol will be present in the Porta Nuova area where important Group projects are underway: Torre Galfa, De Castillia 23 and the new Torre Unipol, future HQ. In the evening hours, an evocative Light Show will take place, a luminous connection of the three construction sites visible from the entire urban area. Furthermore, the construction cranes will be illuminated becoming contemporary Christmas trees while De Castillia 23 will light up every evening with an evocative light show which will symbolically return to the city of Milan a completely renovated property considered for years "the Razor", an eco-monster to to break down.

WATER GAMES IN THE DOCK
From 14 December until 6 January, every day the Darsena will be animated by three shows of the Vodafone Acqua Show, a project made up of fountains and water features that dance to the rhythm of music, illuminated by a choreography of lights throughout the area of the pelvis. The structure covers a length of 80 meters and will be divided into hundreds of water jets with a dynamic height of 5 to 40 metres. The show will see alternating "tsunami" jets (which reach a height of 40 meters and are characterized by a sound similar to that of the drum) with bidirectional "vertical burst" jets (which with tortiglioni and pinwheels reach up to 16 meters in height height); and finally, with three vertical jets up to 20 metres, the true heart of the scenography.

CHRISTMAS VILLAGE
To represent the spirit of a city in continuous change and transformation, in Piazza Duca D'Aosta Grandi Stazioni Retail, in collaboration with Tim and BWS, proposes an innovative project that gives the city a new place of aggregation and entertainment. Citizens and tourists will be able to experience strong emotions with the light projection show of TIM-SenStation, and with the possibility of making a flight of over 140 meters with a jump from a height of 14 meters crossing the entire square at high speed with the Zip line . The village will also host a Skate Park, a skating rink divided into a path animated by light and music effects and embellished with a Christmas tree, the Christmas Market with mirrored effect houses and many Food Trucks, with sweet and savory Christmas delicacies .

To the delight of the little ones and their families, from 30 November to 6 January, the Indro Montanelli Gardens will host the 13th edition of the Village of Wonders, conceived and organized by Energy For Events with the artistic direction of Ambra Orfei and Gabriele Piemonti. A historic and record-breaking Village: over a million visitors in the past twelve editions, the 1.000 square meter ice rink, the Albero carousel also accessible to people with motor disabilities, an increasingly larger Santa Claus House ready to welcome thousands of children. Among the many attractions of the Village also Christmas street food, which will be served using disposable glasses and cutlery made of compostable material, for greater attention to environmental sustainability.

PANETTONE FESTIVAL
On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 December at Palazzo Bovara, "Happy Christmas Happy Panettone" will be held, a great celebration of artisanal panettone promoted by Confcommercio Milano with its member associations: in the courtyard of the historic building a tensile structure will host a two-day event open free to the public for Milanese people and visitors with the involvement of pastry chefs, chefs and bakers for show cooking, masterclasses and tastings.

OH BEJ! OH BEJ!
The perimeter of the Sforzesco Castle, in the stretch between Via Gadio and Piazza Castello, will host the Oh Bej! Fair from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th December. Oh Bej, the event that traditionally opens the Christmas holidays for the Milanese. There will be 379 exhibitors who will enliven the traditional Sant'Ambrogio Fair with sweets, artisan products and Christmas decorations.

CRECHE
For the entire Christmas period, in the main courtyard of Palazzo Marino, "House of the Milanese", an Artistic Nativity Scene of the Neapolitan tradition will be exhibited, curated by the Italian Association of Friends of the Nativity Scene and in collaboration with the Municipality of Naples. It is a nativity scene made of wood, cork and stucco, depicting the three typical scenes of the Neapolitan nativity scene: the nativity, the announcement to the shepherds and the tavern. Scenes of popular life will be represented with over sixty characters, unique pieces with bodies in wire and tow, heads, hands and feet in hand-painted terracotta or wood, glass eyes, with clothes in fine hand-embroidered fabrics. The scenes will be enriched with polychrome terracotta animals, small items in wood, metal, porcelain, hand-painted majolica, terracotta, baskets with waxes and musical instruments typical of the time.

CHRISTMAS MARKET AROUND THE CATHEDRAL
From December 6st to January 65th, the characteristic Christmas houses return along the perimeter of the Duomo with 8.30 operators and a wide choice of products from tradition to craftsmanship: the Christmas Market in the Duomo is also organized this year by Apeca street vendors Confcommercio Milano and the support of Promo.Ter Unione. A Christmas Market that was created in the name of the environment and sustainability, in fact all visitors will receive a free water bottle made of reusable material as well as the possibility of using a free dispenser of filtered and added water. An evocative family-friendly experience with many initiatives for the little ones (puppet theatre, hands-on with bakers, magic, face painting, workshops using recycled materials) and attentive to solidarity and research with contributions in favor of the Cancer Institute, Clinica Mangiagalli, Asilo Mariuccia and Casa della Carità as well as the inevitable financial support for the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo. The market will be active every day from 22am to XNUMXpm.

SKATING RINKS
In the Porta Nuova area, BAM - a project of the Riccardo Catella Foundation - is preparing for Christmas with the "Holiday Season@BAM" program: from Saturday 7 December to Monday 6 January the Park and Piazza Gae Aulenti will come alive with moments of open-air entertainment for all ages. The protagonist is the ice rink (open from Sunday to Thursday from 10am to midnight, and Friday and Saturday from 24am to 10am): from ice skating workshops to a show, on Saturday 1 December, with the Italian figure skating champion Valentina Marchei. And again: Christmas cookie decorating and wreath-making workshops for children, botany lessons and the concert by the gospel choir Vincent Bohanan & Sound of Victory which will arrive in Milan, directly from New York, on Friday 21 December.

Suggestive atmosphere for the Bagni Misteriosi slope, open from 28 November to 19 January 2020 (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 16pm to 30pm; Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 22am to 10pm; the day before from 30am to 22pm; from 10 December to 30 January every day, except Tuesday, from 18am to 23pm; 6 December from 10am to 30am). The cost of the entrance ticket is 22 euros.

Evolutions on the ice also in Piazza XXIV Maggio, which from 5 December to 2 February 2020 will host a rink that can be used for a fee every day from 10.00 to 24.00.

FIRST SCALE AND FIRST SPREAD
On December 7, the day on which Milan celebrates its patron saint, the Teatro alla Scala inaugurates the new season with the opera "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini, conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Davide Livermore, which will be broadcast live worldwide from Rai, thanks to the ninth edition of "Prima Diffusa". The city will be animated by over 50 initiatives including screenings, concerts, performances, readings, meetings and conferences dedicated to opera, involving more than 40 places of Milanese culture and symbolic city spaces present in all nine municipalities. New to this edition: the "Art and love" concert by Patti Smith, as influential and idealistic as Tosca, a true rock legend for all generations and passionate about opera since childhood.

FILIPPINO LIPPI A PALAZZO MARINO AND THE EXHIBITIONS OF PALAZZO REALE
For the twelfth year, Palazzo Marino hosts from 29 November to 12 January 2020 a masterpiece that can be admired for free, the Annunciation by Filippino Lippi, which the Tuscan master painted in two large tondos: one depicting "The Announcing Angel", the other "The Annunziata ”. An extraordinary work from the civic collections of San Gimignano.

The large temporary exhibitions at Palazzo Reale also continue: “De Chirico”, a journey through the enigmas and mysteries of the painting of Giorgio De Chirico, a tireless inventor, one of the most brilliant and controversial protagonists of twentieth century art, and “Guggenheim. The Thannhauser collection. From Van Gogh to Picasso”, the extraordinary collection of Justin K. Thannhauser, donated in 1963 to the Guggenheim in New York and for the first time in Europe.

CONCERTS
Appointment for Friday 20 December at 19 pm in the Duomo for the traditional concert that this year too the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo and the Municipality of Milan have chosen to offer to Milanese people and tourists. The program includes pieces from Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio performed by the vocal and instrumental ensemble laBarocca, and directed by Ruben Jais and the choir master Jacopo Facchini. The concert will be open to the public and with free admission while seats last, starting from 30pm.

To welcome the arrival of the new year, on 31 December Piazza Duomo will be the scene of the concert-show promoted by the Municipality of Milan: "Milano New Year For Future", the first eco-sustainable New Year's Eve in Italy. A challenge to think in a different, innovative way, all the elements of the event, starting from contents, partnerships, practices, production aspects, and enhancing the active participation of the public. A great event dedicated to sustainability in which the Municipality of Milan has decided to invest as a strategic theme of the future.

Official radio of the Rai Radio2 event, which makes this New Year's Eve, organized by Artificio 23, winner of the tender published by the Municipality of Milan for the realization of the initiative, also its New Year's Eve, thanks also to the hosting of Filippo Solibello, who will present a evening capable of conveying a fundamental message in a context of celebration and entertainment, made up of musical guests, including the band Lo Stato Sociale, and testimonials whose names will be revealed little by little over the next few weeks, and who, for the seventh time in a row, it will give Milanese and tourists a festive evening to start 2020 off in the best possible way in the symbolic square of our city.