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In celebration of our dynamic hometown of Milan and the founder’s devotion to the art of observation, Valextra is proud to present The Edge of Urban Movement, a collaborative project that brings together the city’s pre-eminent creative community and its most revered landmarks.

Art, engines and speed meet in a special exhibition at the Grand Hotel et de Milan from September 8th to 12th.

Discover the concert-tribute to Ludovico Enaudi in one of Milan's historic venues: Palazzo Francesco Turati. This candlelight concert will make you experience music like never before.

The Braidense National Library is today the third Italian library for richness of the book heritage and represents a Milanese hidden treasure.

Located in via Bellini 11, at the corner with via Livorno, Casa Campanini represents a project by the homonymous Architect, who designed it as a private apartment between 1904 and 1906.

Safe from traffic jam, hidden within the Brera district, we find the Botanical Garden: a unique place rich in biodiversity and rare herbs species.

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum, founded by the collector Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli and opened to the public in 1881, is one of the most significant house-museum in Europe and shows the taste of one of the finest collector in the XIX century.

The Netsuke (“ne” wood, “tsuke” button) are miniature sculptures, rich of details, born originally in China and then become famous in oriental culture, especially in Japan, since the 17th century. 

From February 23rd to June 5th, 2022 at Palazzo Reale, Milan celebrates the female universe with an exhibition dedicated to the beauty of women represented by Tiziano and the main Venetian artists of the century.

The fashion event par excellence, Milano Fashion Week Women's will be held from February 22nd to 28th, 2022.

The Chiesa Rossa (Red Church) is a place of worship that stands in one of the oldest areas of Milan, along the Naviglio Pavese in Via Neera 24, in the Conca Fallata area.

La Scala's 2021-2022 Opera Season, full of expectations and masterpieces from the Italian tradition and the French, Russian, Austrian, German and English repertoire, debuts on 7 December, a classic date and symbol of Milan that celebrates the feast of St. Ambrose, the city's patron saint.

Simona Rosella Guariso and Carlo Balzaretti, talents from the Milan Conservatory, under the aegis of the great Maestro Marcello Abbado who has always encouraged them in their musical practice. Both have a brilliant international career as pianists, chamber musicians and composers.

The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, by order of Maria Theresa of Austria, was inaugurated in 1778 from the ruins of the church of Santa Maria della Scala, from which it takes its name. Today it is a true and real institution in the world of opera as well as an almost recurring liturgy for the world's greatest tenors.

The Grand Hotel et de Milan is pleased to announce its participation in the exhibition Corpus Domini: “Dal corpo glorioso alle rovine dell’anima” to be held from October 27, 2021 to January 30, 2022 at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. 

Leonardo's Horse is part of an equestrian monument dedicated to Francesco Sforza and designed by Leonardo da Vinci with the aim of being cast in bronze, but of which he only managed to finish a clay model.

In Greek mythology Anemone was a beautiful nymph from Flora's court (goddess of vegetation and flowers) who had made two winds fall in love: Zephyr, the graceful spring wind, and Borea, the cold north wind. The two winds, being in competition, began to fight each other to contend for the heart of their beloved Anemone but, in doing so, they unleashed storms and storms. 

The Grand Hotel et de Milan is pleased to introduce BOOKCITY MILANO initiative, promoted by the City of Milan and the BookCityMilano Association, AIE, AIB and ALI. Three days of events, workshops and laboratories throughout the territory, with the aim of telling through literary works the Milan transformation from its past, to its present and future.

Alessandro Manzoni Italian writer, poet and playwright, is famous for his novel "The Betrothed", set on Lake Como but not everyone knows that he was born and lived most of his life in Milan, dearly beloved to him. 

The Grand Hotel et de Milan is honored to join, also in 2021, the Open House Milano initiative and opens its doors to small groups of curious visitors who wish to admire Grand Hotel’s historic environment, full of elegance and charm. This weekend will be dedicated to discover Milan, to learn and share the architectures and history of the city. 

Yes, Milano Fashion Week is finally back, an unmissable event for professionals or for those who use fashion as a source of inspiration. 

In the heart of the fashion district, in the little square where the "jardin d'hiver" of Ristorante Caruso overlooks, stands now the elegant and incomparable Tearose Boutique.