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For one May Sunday, the gates to some of the city's most beautiful private courtyards are
flung open. Print a map and make your own itinerary.
MiArt
(
www.miart.it
)
Milan's annual modern and contemporary art fair held in April may not be
Basel but it attracts more than 30,000 art lovers, more than 200 exhibitors and increasing
amounts of international attention.
FAIR
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
(
www.cosmit.it
)
The world's most prestigious (and profit-driven) furniture fair is held annu-
ally at Fieramilano (Rho), with satellite exhibitions in Zona Tortona. Alongside the
corporates the dozens of spontaneous design-related events, parties, exhibits and shows
that animate the entire city.
FAIR
CULTURAL
Festa del Naviglio
Parades, music and performances; held the first 10 days of June.
FILM
Milano Film Festival
(
www.milanofilmfestival.it/eng
)
September sees 10 days of international features, shorts and ret-
rospectives at the Teatro Piccolo, as well as open-air screenings, music and parties at
Parco Sempione.
La Nivola e il Santo Chiodo
In September, the Archbishop of Milan ascends to the Duomo's chancel roof in a cloud-
adorned papier mâché basket; he's up there to retrieve what is supposedly one of the nails
from Christ's cross (fashioned, bizarrely, by Constantine into a horse's bridle).
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Festa di Sant'Ambrogio & Fiera degli Obei Obei
The feast day of Milan's patron saint is celebrated on 7 December with a large Christmas
fair. It goes by the name Obej! Obej! (pronounced o-bay, o-bay). Stalls sell regional foods,
especially sweets, and seasonal handicrafts in the grounds of Castello Sforzesco.
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