(ANSA) - MILAN, 05 APR - The Duomo of Milan, the National Library of Braid and above all Casa Manzoni, residence of the writer and his family from 1813 until his death.
These are just some of the places where Milan will remember Alessandro Manzoni, for the 150th anniversary of his death on 22 May 1873, as part of a rich schedule of events that will take place throughout the year.
The initiatives are coordinated by the Municipality of Milan in collaboration with the major cultural institutes of the city.
To remember the great writer "a choral and collective work was done - explains the councilor for culture of the Municipality of Milan Tommaso Sacchi - to remember the great legacy of Alessandro Manzoni".
The heart of the celebrations will be Casa Manzoni which houses the Manzonian museum: on 22 May, the day of the writer's death, the house will be open to the city with free admission until 10pm and on the same day the issue and cancellation of the stamp dedicated to the anniversary will start.
"Many Milanese institutions are commemorating this anniversary and we are happy about this and offer our collaboration - comments Angelo Stella, president of the National Study Center on Manzoni -. Manzoni asks his city, Milan, to be socially, politically, humanly and culturally what he thought it should be. to be".
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